UPDATE: Wild Recount Ties GOP And Democrats For Control Of Virginia House Of Delegates

UPDATE Dec. 20, 2:40 p.m.: A closely watched race for a Virginia House of Delegates seat has come down to a tie , after a three-judge panel decided Wednesday to count a previously uncounted ballot for the Republican delegate.

A recount on Tuesday had the Democratic candidate leading by one vote .

According to Virginia law, the winner will now be determined by drawing lots a process such as drawing straws, flipping a coin or picking names from a hat.

In other words, control of the states House of Delegates which has been majority Republican for nearly two decades could be determined by chance.

Ballot is counted. We have a tie.

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Ballot is counted. We have a tie.
Jordan Pascale (@JWPascale) December 20, 2017

Im told by lawyers from both sides if comes to a tie then candidate draw lots
More or less coin flip or drawing straws

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Im told by lawyers from both sides if comes to a tie then candidate draw lots
More or less coin flip or drawing straws
Jordan Pascale (@JWPascale) December 20, 2017

Previously:

After a tense recount in a single race on Tuesday, Republicans looked set to lose their 17-year hold on Virginias House of Delegates and enter an unpredictable new era of shared power with Democrats .

The recount showed Democratic candidate Shelly Simonds ahead by one vote against Republican incumbent David Yancey in the states District 94, the Virginian-Pilot reported. Election officials in Newport News reviewed nearly 24,000 ballots on Tuesday.

The results still had to be finalized on Wednesday by judges on the Newport News Circuit Court. Yancey challenged the result early on Wednesday, with his campaign claiming that a ballot that should have been counted for him had not been counted, a Republican official told The Virginian-Pilot.

With Simonds win, the House of Delegates would shift from a 51-49 Republican majority to a 50-50 split, which means Republicans and Democrats must share power. It would be the first time in nearly two decades that the GOP doesnt control the states lower legislative chamber.

That 51-49 split was already a dramatic narrowing of the GOPs margin. Before the Nov. 7 elections, Republicans had held a 66-34 majority in the House.