Republicans take majority of Virginia House of Delegates after Mugler concedes 91st District race

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Republicans take majority of Virginia House of Delegates after Mugler concedes 91st District race

by: Sarah Fearing

Posted: Nov 5, 2021 / 08:19 PM EDT / Updated: Nov 5, 2021 / 11:04 PM EDT

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — After a few days of waiting for the final results of Virginia races to trickle in, control of the Virginia House of Delegates has officially swung to Republicans.

The news comes after Del. Martha Mugler (D-Hampton) conceded to Republican challenger A.C. Cordoza in the House of Delegates 91st District race.

According to the Virginia Department of Elections website, as of 10 p.m. Friday, Mugler lost by 94 votes in the three-way race.

The results mean that control of the Virginia House of Delegates has moved to Republicans, who will have at least 51 votes in the House now, pending results of another race.

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House Speaker Filler-Corn concedes majority to Republicans

Andrew Cain 9 hrs ago

House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, on Friday night conceded the majority in the House of Delegates to Republicans after remaining mail-in ballots did not save Democrats whose contests remained in doubt.

In unofficial results, Republican Karen Greenhalgh leads Del. Alex Askew, D-Virginia Beach, by 147 votes, and Republican A.C. Cordoza leads Del. Martha Mugler, D-Hampton, by 185 votes, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.

Filler-Corn, who in 2020 became the first woman to preside over the chamber in its more than 400 years of governance, will lose the speakership in January after just two years at the helm. Her brief tenure follows the two-year stint as speaker for Del. Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, who held the post from 2018 to 2020.

“While the results of the election were not in our favor, our work for the people of Virginia goes on,” Filler-Corn said in a statement. “I will work to provide a smooth transition for the incoming speaker, and our Democratic caucus will work with the new majority in the House of Delegates and the governor’s administration to serve the best interests of all Virginians.

“But make no mistake — we will hold them accountable if and when they attempt to reverse the progress we have made and move our Commonwealth backward.”

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