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He tweeted that the job had made him miserable and he was “relieved to say that I’ve done my part, and now it’s someone else’s turn.”
On the Republican side, Wren Williams, an attorney who worked on former President Donald Trump’s unsuccessful Wisconsin recount, ousted long-serving incumbent Del. Charles Poindexter.
Poindexter had served in the House since 2008, representing the conservative 9th House District, which covers parts of Franklin, Patrick and Henry counties south of Roanoke.
Williams will face Democrat Bridgette Craighead in November.
“The people here, they just mandated change and wanted somebody who was going to be an advocate and a fighter on their behalf,” Williams told the Roanoke Times. “They wanted somebody who was more passionate and energetic.”
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Hiccups as Virginia lawmakers adapt to legislating by Zoom
Sarah Rankin And Denise Lavoie
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House speaker Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, exits the center isle of the empty VirginianHouse of Delegates chamber after a Zoom Legislative session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
RICHMOND, Va. – The coronavirus pandemic is again upending the daily routines of the tradition-bound Virginia General Assembly.
The body that traces its lineage back more than four centuries to 1619 has been working under extraordinary circumstances, legislating to a substantial degree by video conference.