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French Slaughter (ICulpeper) will no doubt contribute to this shift It is likely that most of their replacements will be nearer the political center than the outgoing delegates they are replacing.
In all, 10 Democrats, three Republicans and. one Independent will be giving up their seats, and the. state's GOP leadership sees this as opportunity to beef up, in at least a modest way, its admittedly anemic legislative delegation.
At the present time there are 79 Democrats, 17 Republicans and four independents in the House of Delegates. This year, the GOP has 54 candidates in the field, 14 of whom are incumbents. The Democrats have 93 including 69 incumbents and there are 13 Independent candidates of whom three presently hold
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