Voting is underway for Virginia's 9th District Senate Seat. The seat was left open after Congresswoman-elect Jennifer McClellan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in February. Now, Democrat Lamont Bagby and Republican Stephen Imholt are facing off to fill the seat.
Prior to her election, only 22 states had ever elected a Black woman to Congress, according to a recent Pew Research Center analysis of historical records.
Legislative efforts to tackle spiking eviction notices, housing and utility costs were mostly shot down during the Virginia General Assembly session. Almost 193…