Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Republican wins drawing to decide control of Virginia statehouse
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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 10:15:48 -0600
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Republicans will fully control Virginia's House of Delegates after an incumbent GOP member won a drawing Thursday to decide a tied election - and potentially the fate of Medicaid expansion in the state.
 
The state elections board chairman pulled a film canister out of a ceramic bowl containing the name of Republican David Yancey, giving him the victory over Democrat Shelly Simonds. Each received 11,608 votes in the race for a Newport News-based seat in the Virginia legislature's lower chamber.
 
Yancey's victory will give the GOP a 51-49 advantage in the House of Delegates. Democrats staged an unexpectedly strong performance in the November election, winning 15 seats and nearly erasing the GOP's 66-34 majority.

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