Overview
- Decision Desk HQ projected Del. Mike Jones as the winner in Senate District 15 and Democrat Charlie Schmidt as the winner in House District 77.
- Jones will fill the Senate seat vacated by Ghazala Hashmi after her election as lieutenant governor.
- DDHQ reported Jones at 69.9% of the vote to Republican John Thomas’s 30.1%.
- Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell and the House Democratic Caucus welcomed the results and emphasized plans focused on affordability, education, public safety, and protecting rights.
- Schmidt, a former ACLU attorney, defeated Republican Richard Stonage to complete Jones’s unexpired House term, with turnout reported at about 14%.