The General Election in Virginia on Tuesday, November 7, saw changes in representation for the State Senate.

This was the first election held under newly drawn political districts by the Virginia State Supreme Court in 2021.

Here is the list of winners in Prince William County:

Virginia State Senate — Elections every four years

District 29 (Central Prince William County, Woodbridge, North Stafford)

Winner: Jeremy McPike (D)

McPike has served in the state senate since 2016. He defeated Republican Nikki Rattray Baldwin by 12 points.

District 30 (Manassas, Manassas Park, Gainesville)

Winner Danica Roem (D)

Roem will become the first to serve this newly drawn district. Roem beat Bill Woolf (R) by three and a half points.

District 33 (Lorton, Woodbridge) 

Winner: Jennifer Carrol Foy (D)

Jennifer Carroll Foy will return to the state legislature after serving nearly two full terms. Carroll Foy resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for governor in 2021.

Carroll Foy beat Republican challenger Mike Van Meter by 25 points.

We’ll have more election recap information regarding the House of Delegates and Board of County Supervisors soon.

 

The General Election in Virginia on Tuesday, November 7, saw changes in representation for the State Senate.

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Virginia ABC: “Beginning Saturday, July 1, four laws impacting the operation of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC), its licensees and applicants for ABC licenses will take effect. The Virginia General Assembly passed the following Virginia ABC-related legislation during the 2023 session, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin has since signed them into law.”

“Crossover Product Rules (HB 1979 and SB 809) – Both bills established guidelines for licensees regarding the display of alcoholic beverages near non-alcoholic beverages of the same or similar branding, logo or packaging. The new law was created to address innovative “crossover products” that contain alcohol and may cause consumer confusion or appeal to an underage audience.”

By Madison Hirneisen

(The Center Square) – Virginia lawmakers approved amendments proposed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to a pair of bills establishing regulations on hemp-derived products in the commonwealth, which includes a provision allowing some products containing both THC and CBD that are used therapeutically to remain on store shelves.

The politically-divided General Assembly flocked to Richmond Wednesday to reconvene for a one-day session to consider the governor’s proposed amendments to 78 bills and three vetoes. Some of the governor’s amendments proposed technical changes to measures, while others proposed entire substitute bills.

While several amendments were approved with little debate, lawmakers in both the House of Delegates and the state Senate had lengthy debate over Youngkin’s proposed amendments to HB 2294 and SB 903 – a pair of bills that sought to impose limits on how much THC – a chemical found in the marijuana plant that can be intoxicating to consumers – could be included in an industrial hemp product.

Lawmakers have been wrestling with how to regulate hemp-derived products that contain THC following reports of children consuming hemp-derived products, like Delta-8 edibles, that made them ill.

The original version of the bills that passed the General Assembly limited the amount of THC included in a hemp product to a concentration of 0.3% and two milligrams per package. The bills also established labeling, testing and packaging requirements for hemp-derived products.

The governor’s proposed amendments, which were adopted by the General Assembly Wednesday, maintained labeling and testing requirements and the two milligrams of THC per package limit, but added an exemption to the rules for hemp products that are used for therapeutic purposes containing both THC and CBD. Read More

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Virginia officials are concerned there may not be enough electricity to go around and power Northern Virginia's data centers under extreme conditions.

The state's Department of Environmental Quality will consider allowing data centers in Prince William, Fairfax, and Loudoun County (the world's epicenter for data centers) to use generators to feed the power-hungry server farms.

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A resolution that would have required the Virginia Department of Transportation to compile a list of autobody repair shops to make it easier to investigate hit-and-run crashes died on Monday, January 30, 2023.

A subcommittee of the House Rules Committee killed a resolution proposed by Delegate Candi Mundon King (D-Woodbridge, Stafford) resolution called the STARR Alert, which aims to notify auto repair shops of hit-and-run crashes, prompting the owners to be on the lookout for drivers that fled the scene of crashes might seek vehicle repairs.

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