Republican Andrew Rice Defeats Democrat Opponent in Virginia Special Election

Rice received 7,316 votes, or 62.5 percent of the vote, while Smith received 4,392 votes, or 37.5 percent of the vote, according to election results from the New York Times.

Rice’s 25-point lead comes after former Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) won Virginia’s House of Delegates District 98 in the November gubernatorial election, against now-Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D).

Earle-Sears won the district by 6.7 points more than Spanberger. She received 19,057 votes, or 53.3 percent of the vote, while Spanberger received 16,677 votes, or 46.6 percent of the vote, according to the Virginia Public Access Project website.

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