Post-Election Recap

Election Night 2021 contained many surprises for candidates and those watching the elections alike.  Several seemingly “safe” Democratic Virginia Delegates were ousted by their newcomer Republican challengers.  Those victories rode on the coattails of the statewide upset with Republican and first-time candidate Glenn Youngkin defeating the one-time strongly favored Terry McAuliffe to win the Governor’s Mansion.  While the Youngkin win was a surprise for many, the election shifted in late September and Republicans across all races gained steam in the last 6 weeks of the election focused mostly on parental anger over education and the state of the economy.  For some of our local candidates, those Republican headwinds were too hard to overcome.  The charts below indicate the outcomes of races in the FAAR service territory.

FAAR-endorsed Candidates are denoted in bold, results below.