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Just demographic -- this changing state, and another party is very much isolationist, nativist, wants to bring us back to before that demographic change. speaking of the other side of the aisle, you defeated leon benjamin, your opponent, an election denier, by almost 50 points. now don the kitchen, the congressman who preceded you in the seat the seat defeated him in 2022 before his untimely death by 30 points, and benjamin would not concede, even when he lost by 30 points. i think you have done us all a favor and establish the threshold at which you need to beat an election denier to actually...

In the seat defeated him in 2022 before his untimely death by 30 points. benjamin would not concede even when he lost by 30 points. so i think you've done us all a favor and established the threshold in which you need to beat an election denier to actually have him concede. is 50% what everyone needs to run up in order to get election deniers to admit the truth? >> well, i would like to think that election deniers would just see reality. but if we have to run it up to 50%, then that's what we'll do. >> that's a high bar, but you passed it. one last question. i mean when you talk about the sort...

On Tuesday, Virginia State Senator Jennifer McClellan won a special election for the state’s 4th Congressional district, becoming the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress. She beat conservative pastor Leon Benjamin to fill a seat left vacant by Donald McEachin, who died of colorectal cancer in November of 2022. A part-time legislator

Democrat Jennifer McClellan has defeated her Republican opponent to win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will be the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress.

When McClellan is officially sworn in, she will become the 28th Black woman elected to Congress this election cycle, the most in the history of the United States.