Yesli Vega Loses Heartbreaker to Spanberger in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District

KEY RACE PROJECTION IN VIRGINIA:@RepSpanberger will HOLD her seat in #VA07, fending off a challenge from Republican Yesli Vega, per CNN and NBC.

According to @vpapupdates, Spanberger leads Vega by 4.07% with 99.5% of precincts reported.https://t.co/FfHPp5nrAV

— Mychael Schnell (@mychaelschnell) November 9, 2022

Será la primera latina de origen salvadoreña en historia
Yesli Vega en una tienda de comestibles propiedad de latinos.
“De esto se trata el sueño americano”, dijo.
Si Vega gana esta noche, será la primera persona hispana elegida para el Congreso de la Mancomunidad de Virginia. pic.twitter.com/gZjgMDp9Wl

— ▒🇸🇻𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐥 𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨 🇸🇻▒ (@azulyblancoB) November 9, 2022

UPDATE/RETRACTION: I have deleted a tweet calling the race in Virginia's 7th Congressional District for Yesli Vega. I made the call off what appears to be false information from NBC suggesting defeat was a mathematical impossibility. pic.twitter.com/Lk32tBeowU

— Ben Kew 🐶 (@ben_kew) November 9, 2022

Yesli Vega’s lead in Va 7th is now down to under 3,000 votes over Abigail Spanberger. Thousands of Prince William votes still not added into vote totals. @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/08Lnk6UThr

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