The Lieutenant Governor plays a critical role in breaking ties in the narrowly divided Democrat-led Virginia Senate
WASHINGTON— Today, the DLCC announced Democratic nominee for Virginia Lieutenant Governor Sen. Ghazala Hashmi as a Spotlight Candidate. The race for Lieutenant Governor is both highly competitive and extremely consequential for the state legislature, as the winner will hold the power to break any tied votes in the narrowly divided Virginia Senate for the next four years.
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee President Heather Williams issued the following statement:
“The DLCC is focused on using every tool at our disposal to ensure state legislative Democrats in Virginia have the power to fight back against Trump and Washington Republicans’ reckless agenda. Along with defending our majority in the Virginia House, it is imperative that we elect Senator Hashmi this November to ensure that Virginia’s next Lieutenant Governor will use their power, including the power to break ties in the Virginia Senate, to stand up for all Virginians.”
- Sen. Ghazala Hashmi is a Virginia state senator and former educator running as the official Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor this November. After a thirty-year career in education, Ghazala was elected to the Virginia Senate in 2019 in a major upset victory over a Republican incumbent, giving Democrats control of the chamber for the first time in years. Since then, she has distinguished herself as a strong champion for working families on issues like public education funding, reproductive freedom, and access to affordable health care. If she is elected to be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor, she can break a tied vote in the Virginia Senate in favor of Democrats, a power she is committed to using to help ensure a bright future for every resident of the commonwealth.
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) is the campaign arm of Democratic state legislatures and leads the national strategy for building power and winning new majorities. Over the last three decades, we have strategized cycle over cycle to win majorities and lead the effort to bring national attention and investment to our ballot level, winning nearly a dozen new chamber majorities over the last decade Our work has ensured that nearly half of Americans are represented by at least one Democratic majority in their statehouse. State legislatures are the building blocks of our democracy and have the closest connections to Americans’ day-to-day lives. From protecting fundamental freedoms and voting rights to growing the middle class and advancing opportunity, the DLCC and state legislators are moving the Democratic agenda forward and shaping the future of this country.
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