All but one incumbent across Virginia’s 11 congressional districts will return to the U.S. House of Representatives after races were called in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Republicans picked up one seat and now hold five seats in the U.S. House compared to the six seats Democrats hold. All races have been declared by multiple news outlets, although election officials are still counting some remaining absentee and provisional ballots.


Mayor Derrick Wood will keep his seat in Dumfries, winning his re-election bid for a second term.

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Abigail Spanberger (D) hung onto Virginia’s 7th Congressional seat, fending off Republican Yesli Vega from Prince William County. 

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Voters sent two incumbent Manassas City Council members back to serve a new four-year term. 

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Voters are steadily coming to the polls on this Election Day, Tuesday, November 8, 2022.

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The congressional candidates made their closing arguments in the 2022 campaign at events across the region on Monday, November 7, 2022.

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Councilwomen Greene & Ellis encourage residents to vote for balance on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8.  Together with Rick Bookwalter, they can bring balance to the city council and fight future tax increases.

Manassas City residents petitioned for car tax relief when a 4-2 vote left them overtaxed and underwhelmed with the current budget process.  Councilwomen Lynn Forkell Greene and Theresa Coates Ellis voted no but were outnumbered in May.


Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming publicly endorsed Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia on Saturday, saying the former CIA officer is “dedicated to serving this country and her constituents and defending our Constitution.”

The cross-party endorsement, first reported by the Washington Post, came as Spanberger made her closing pitch on the final day of early voting in the swing district before the midterm elections on Tuesday.


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