In a stunning political shakeup in Northern Virginia, Republican Jeannie LaCroix pulled off a major upset Tuesday night, flipping a county-level seat in deep-blue Prince William County after her Democratic opponent was rocked by controversy over a series of racist and offensive social media posts from more than a decade ago.
LaCroix, 64, defeated Democratic nominee Muhammed Sufiyan Casim, 36, in a special election for the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, according to results reported by Potomac Local News. LaCroix captured 43.7 percent of the vote, while Casim secured just 37.0 percent. A fractured Democratic field played a decisive role in the outcome, with write-in candidates collectively drawing 19.2 percent of the vote.
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