Republican Andrew Rice Defeats Democrat
Opponent in Virginia Special Election
Posted By: Dreadnought, 3/18/2026 12:14:11 AM
Virginia Republican candidate Andrew Rice defeated his Democrat opponent, Cheryl Smith, in a Virginia special election to fill a vacant seat in District 98 for the Virginia House of Delegates. 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
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Virginia Republican candidate Andrew Rice defeated his Democrat opponent, Cheryl Smith, in a Virginia special election to fill a vacant seat in District 98 for the Virginia House of Delegates.
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
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If you listened to them, you would think we were being destroyed and were losing, despite the unparalleled success of the military operation.
It's legitimate to ask questions. You can reasonably have concerns or maybe be against the actions now. What isn't reasonable is pushing out false stories to undermine our effort and essentially help provide propaganda that could benefit Iran.
Then the public has to wade through that and evaluate what they think, rather than just assessing the facts. Which, of course, is why Democrats/liberal media are doing that.
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In what timeline are we living?
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