John McGuire Wins Virginia House Seat by Holding District Trump Carried by 12 Points
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 5
John McGuire Wins Virginia House Seat by Holding District Trump Carried by 12 Points
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 5
Summary
John McGuire secured a second House term in Virginia, defeating Democrat Tom Perriello in a seat Republicans had briefly feared could become competitive.
A court-thrown redistricting plan reshaped the race: instead of a district Kamala Harris had carried by 3 points in 2024, the lines reverted to the 2024 map McGuire won by 15 points.
Perriello, a former one-term congressman from an earlier version of the district, stayed in after the map reversal but failed to draw major outside spending.
The result keeps the Charlottesville-to-North Carolina border district in GOP hands and reinforces how legal fights over maps can quickly alter a House race's outlook.