ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Along with winning the top three offices, democrats flipped more than ten seats in the House of Delagates - giving them a larger majority

One was the ultra-competitive rematch in the 41st district where democrat Lily Franklin appears to have beaten incumbent republican Chris Obenshain.

Virginia voters made a clear statement at the polls, and the results reshaped the state’s political map.

For many, this election reached into their daily lives.

Radford University political science chair, Chapman Rackaway, says ongoing activity in Washington, from federal budget debates to the shutdown, kept economic concerns front and center.

“There’s no better motivator than our own personal economic situation, so right then and there you have a situation that really made it diff

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