All eyes are on a handful of mostly suburban races around the state that could decide which party has majorities in the Senate and House of Delegates. Republicans are protecting a narrow edge in the House and hope to flip the Senate so they can help Gov. Glenn Youngkin enact a conservative agenda. Democrats hope to defend their edge in the Senate to block that agenda, then flip the House as a power flex that would diminish Youngkin’s standing as a potential presidential hopeful.
VanValkenburg battling in a suburban Richmond district that leans slightly blue but where Youngkin has spent considerable time campaigning; Sen. T. Montgomery “Monty” Mason in a tough fight for reelection against Republican Danny Diggs in Williamsburg and part of Newport News; and a complicated race in the Fredericksburg area, where Republican Del.