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There's a little bit of good news to report out of Virginia this Wednesday morning that might be a harbinger for how the April 21 gerrymandering referendum being pushed by Democrats will fare. Republican Andrew Rice has won a special election in Virginia's 98th House District and will now succeed the late GOP Del. Barry Knight, who died last month after representing the Virginia Beach area for over a decade.
Rice, a deputy commonwealth's attorney, beat his Democrat opponent, Cheryl Smith, by a whopping 25 points; the latest numbers show Rice clocking in with 62.46 percent of the vote compared to Smith's 37.5 percent.
Going into Tuesday's election, the district was generally considered a safe seat for Republicans, so the win by Rice is not altogether shocking; it's the margin of his win that tells the story. When Ms. Smith took on Rice's predecessor, Del. Knight, last November, she garnered 43.2 percent of the vote – that's a significant drop for the Democrat, whose party tends to turn out in droves for special elections (just as the GOP tends to stay home for them).
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GOP needs to pass the SAVE ACT anyway!