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... Former Richmond Del. Mike Jones is headed back to the General Assembly " this time as a state senator " after winning Tuesday's special election in Virginia Senate District 15, a Democratic-leaning seat vacated late last year by Ghazala Hashmi.

By 8 p.m., Jones had defeated Republican John Thomas by a margin of 67.8-32% out of 15,409 votes cast, according to unofficial election results, securing a seat that stretches across much of Richmond and parts of Chesterfield County. ...

Jones' victory immediately triggered another result down-ballot. In House District 77 -- the Richmond-based seat Jones vacated to run for the Senate -- Democrat Charlie Schmidt won a special election of his own Tuesday, defeating Republican Richard Stonage by 76.5-23.4% out of 5,970 votes cast. Smith will fill the remainder of Jones' unexpired House term.

The twin victories keep both districts in Democratic hands amid a period of unusual turnover in the legislature, driven largely by lawmakers joining the administration of incoming Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who will be sworn in later next week. ...

@#3 ... That represent a 15 point improvement in victory margin for the democratic candidate in this district over the the last time the seat was up for grabs in Nov 2023. ...

Yeah, it was the margin of winning that caught my eye also.

@#5 ... There is literally no mechanism that would allow him to do that. ...

When has that stopped him before?