Danica Roem, the first transgender senator from Virginia, defeated Bill C. Woolf, a Republican.
Unofficial findings show that Roem, 39, defeated Fairfax County police detective Bill Woolf. Tuesday night, she took to social media to celebrate her victory.
Roem posted on X, the former Twitter platform, saying, “To the people of western Prince William County, the City of Manassas Park, and the City of Manassas: I’m so grateful to continue serving my lifelong home community, now in the state Senate.” “Many thanks for everything. It’s time to resume your work!
Pre-election, Roem told The Hill, “You attack trans kids in my district at your own political peril.”
It isn’t the first time Roem has made history. She was elected to Virginia’s House of Delegates in 2017 as the nation’s first openly transgender state lawmaker, per The Hill.
Republicans hold a slim edge in the House of Delegates and are looking to win the Senate and keep the House to give Youngkin the consolidated control he needs to enact his conservative agenda, including permanent tax cuts and a push for a 15-week ban on abortion, with exceptions. Such a victory could raise the governor’s national profile and energize a possible last-minute bid for the White House, political analysts say.
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On Tuesday morning, Youngkin called on voters to extend Republicans’ “license to lead.”
“Send me a team that will work with me in Richmond, not against me, and we will bring Virginia to new heights,” he said in an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.”
Candidates for both parties spent the run-up to Election Day hosting last-minute get-out-the-vote rallies and canvasses.
Democrats brought in surrogates including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore; gun control activist David Hogg, a Florida high school mass shooting survivor; and former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who joined Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas for a northern Virginia appearance.
President Joe Biden, who won Virginia in 2020 by 10 percentage points and campaigned against Youngkin in the state in 2021, did not appear in person, but signed off on a fundraising email and endorsements.
