A Virginia House of Delegates race is a high-profile example of a relatively rare but perennial phenomenon—determining the winner of a tied election by drawing lots. The stakes are unusually high in ...

A rare tie-breaking drawing in Richmond on Thursday gave Republicans the seat they needed to narrowly maintain their majority in the Virginia House of Delegates. It marked the end to an unusually high ...

On Thursday, the Virginia Board of Elections drew lots to determine the winner in a tied race for the House of Delegates. The board drew Republican David Yancey’s name from a lovely ceramic bowl, ...

Lady Luck's moment in Virginia's political spotlight will have to wait. The Virginia State Board of Elections will postpone its Wednesday random-drawing tiebreaker, granting a request from Democrat ...

Winning the lottery can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, except for one Virginia man who won hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Powerball twice in the same drawing this month. Ben Baker, of ...

Reporting from Atlanta — Two narrow slips of paper — one bearing the name of a Democrat and the other the name of a Republican — were rolled up by Virginia election officials Thursday, inserted into ...

Winning the lottery can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, except for one Virginia man who won hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Powerball twice in the same drawing this month. Ben Baker, of ...

A drawing scheduled for Wednesday that could have decided which Virginia candidate would become a state delegate, and potentially determine whether the Republican Party will stay in control, has been ...

Five Virginia ticket holders each won $50,000 following Wednesday evening’s Powerball drawing. On Thursday, Dec. 18, Virginia ...

The tie-breaker to settle a dramatic race for a seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates has been delayed, after lawyers representing Democratic candidate Shelly Simonds filed a motion asking a trio of ...