Democrats won all but one contest in the Historic Triangle Tuesday, besting two incumbent Republicans for the House of Delegates and winning three out of four local races. All three of the Democrats’ statewide candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general also won.
Tracy L. Wainwright was the sole Republican to score a victory locally, taking the Powhatan district seat for the James City County board of supervisors by a nearly 18 percent margin over her Democratic opponent, Ti’Juana Gholson.
The two political newcomers were competing for the seat being vacated by Michael Hipple.
In James City County, Democrat Ty Hodges squeezed a 15-vote victory over Republican incumbent, Sarah G. Ortego, for the Jamestown seat on the school board, according to unofficial returns from the state department of elections.
Results are not final until all absentee and provisional ballots are counted. If there is no significant change in the school board results, Hodges’ victory is within t…