Shannon Taylor, a top Henrico County prosecutor who campaigned as a law-and-order Democrat, defeated Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), who has represented Virginia’s 1st Congressional District for nearly two decades.

The Associated Press called the race for Taylor on Thursday afternoon. She was leading by about 2 percentage points at the time of the result.

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