Virginia Democrats who campaigned on protecting abortion rights have swept this year’s legislative elections, retaking full control of the General Assembly after two years of divided power.
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David Owen defeated Democrat Susanna Gibson in a Virginia House of Delegates race that drew attention after revelations that Gibson engaged in sex acts with her husband on a pornographic website.
Virginia Democrats have picked up wins in critical state Senate battlegrounds, leaving them just one seat shy of an outright majority that would give the party continued leverage to blunt