Democrat Angelia Williams Graves, has been declared the winner of Tuesday’s special election in Virginia’s 90th House District against Republican nominee, Sylvia Bryant, to represent parts of Norfolk and Virginia Beach in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Securing 63.49% of the vote, Graves earned the support of 3,668 voters in HD-90 while Bryant secured 2,103 (36.40%), with six voters (0.10%) opting to cast a write-in

Graves, who previously served as a Norfolk City Councilwoman for Superward 7 since 2010, and as the city’s Vice Mayor from 2013 – 2016, will fill the vacancy left by former Delegate Joseph C. Lindsey (D), who resigned from the House of Delegates in November, 2020 to accept an appointment on the Norfolk General District Court.

Graves is a 1990 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School, a 2004 graduate of Tidewater Community College (where she earned an A.S. in Business Administration), and is a 2005 graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia.

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