Last week, Virginia Democrats managed to gain control of the Virginia state House and hold onto control of the state Senate, but Virginia Republicans may end up controlling the upper chamber because a winning senator appears to have lied about her residency.
After Tuesday’s elections, Democrats won control of the state Senate by a slim 21-19 margin, but Sen. Ghazala Hashmi’s residency is now being challenged. If it’s determined she’s ineligible, she may be replaced by a Republican with Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears would becoming the tie-breaking vote.
Candidates are required to live in the district they are running to represent. According to her paperwork, Hashmi lived in Senate District 15, but merely rented an apartment in the district while maintaining her primary residence in her original District 10, which had been redistricted earlier this year.
According to The Daily Wire, her original home is not listed for sale and her car was there regularly, suggesting that the apartment was rented solely for the purpose of erroneously establishing residency in the district she wanted to represent.
“There’s no question whatsoever that she does not live…
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