This one’s coming at us fast

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As we come to the end of 2024, we have our first elections of 2025 coming up in just a week. You read that right. Democrats have largely been doing well in special elections for the better part of a decade – the ones that matter when it comes to legislation that affects us most directly – and now there are three legislative special elections scheduled for Tues, Jan 7 in Virginia, a state that will also have a gubernatorial election in November at the top of the ticket.

State senate elections in districts SD-10 and SD-32 as well as a House of Delegates election in HD-26. Since Democrats have a one-member majority in both chambers, these elections clearly impact the balance of power – and could be the first indicator of how motivated they are in the pivotal November general elections.

Virginia also has a Republican governor who is a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, which makes these elections particularly pivotal when it comes to stopping the worst of the GOPโ€™s agenda at the state level. When Donald Trump takes office, heโ€™ll be starting his term with significantly fewer Republican-dominated state trifectas or even statehouses than what he had to deal with in 2017, which will go a long way to putting the brakes on what his administration has to offer. Letโ€™s get more Democrats elected as we kick off 2025 and keep Project 2025 in the past.

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