Our wins this year build on our success last cycle, when we won full legislative control in Virginia by defending the Democratic majority in the state Senate and flipping the House of Delegates blue. This year, the stakes were high as we geared up for the first major electoral test of the Trump 2.0 era. Every seat in the state House was up for reelection, and the DLCC worked with leaders and partners on the ground to build one of the strongest programs in the country. On election night, this resulted in flipping 13 seats blue and Virginia’s largest Democratic majority in nearly 40 years.
In just a single decade, Virginia House Democrats went from a near superminority to a near supermajority thanks to strategic investments made by the DLCC cycle-over-cycle.
The DLCC was the first national organization to invest in Virginia this election, spending over $2 million to build the early infrastructure needed to hold and expand our single-seat House majority, and we played a key role in guiding the districts, strategy, and investments that led Democrats to a monumental victory in one of the nation’s most important battleground states.
Virginia Democrats have defended their hard-won majority in the state Senate for years, and the next key moment in the fight to keep Virginia blue is approaching in the form of a January special election, with the majority at stake. Read more about our upcoming special elections.
In 2023, the DLCC helped flip the Virginia House of Delegates blue. This November, every seat in the chamber is up for election, making Virginia one of 2025’s most critical battlegrounds. To ensure Virginia Democrats retain their majority, the DLCC is shining its Spotlight on some of the most competitive candidates on the ballot this fall.
Elizabeth Guzman is a social worker and former state delegate who won a seat in the Virginia House this November, flipping her district blue.
Del. Josh Thomas is an attorney and Marine Corps veteran who defended his seat in the Virginia House this November.
May Nivar is a business leader and daughter of immigrants who just flipped her Virginia House district blue.
Lily Franklin came within just 183 votes of winning a Republican-leaning seat in 2023, and this November she succeeded in flipping the district blue!
Del. Joshua Cole is a local pastor who won reelection to the Virginia House after helping flip the chamber blue in 2023.
Leslie Mehta is an attorney who flipped a Virginia House seat blue in November.
Jessica Anderson flipped her Virginia House district blue in November after a Republican was elected by less than 700 votes in 2023.
Del. Nadarius Clark, who has a background in community organizing, successfully ran to defend his seat in the Virginia House in November.
Lindsey Dougherty is a Senior Research Administrator at Virginia Commonwealth University who flipped a seat in the Virginia House in November.
Kimberly Pope Adams is a financial audit expert who flipped her Virginia House district blue after mounting an incredibly strong campaign in 2023 that came within just 53 votes of unseating a Republican incumbent.
Del. Michael Feggans is a U.S. Air Force Veteran who won reelection to the Virginia House, helping protect the chamber’s Democratic majority.
Kacey Carnegie is an attorney from Deep Creek who just flipped a seat in the Virginia House.
John McAuliff is a small business owner who recently flipped his northern Virginia House seat blue in a tightly contested election.
Stacey Carroll is an Army National Guard member and CPA who flipped a seat in the Virginia House to represent Stafford County.
Nicole Cole is a nonprofit leader and small business owner who won a race for the Virginia House this fall to represent Spotsylvania and Caroline counties and flip her district blue.
Virgil Thornton is a former submarine technician and lifelong Virginian who successfully flipped a Hampton-area seat in the Virginia House, expanding Democrats’ majority in the chamber.
Ghazala Hashmi is a former Virginia state senator and educator who won her race for Lt. Governor of Virginia in November, flipping the seat blue.
The Virginia Roadmap Memo lays out The DLCC’s 2025 strategy to defend and build sustainable Democratic power in the commonwealth.
