NORFOLK, Va. — Angelia Williams Graves won over Andria McClellan in the Democratic primary for Senate District 21 Tuesday night.
The district covers most of Norfolk outside of East Ocean View.
Williams Graves and McClellan served on the city council together for years but found themselves running against each other.
"I said from the beginning when I first got election it was because voters believed in me and I believe that hasn't changed," Graves told News 3 Tuesday night.
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Norfolk Senate primary pits two familiar faces against each other
While other races in the primaries included candidates running attack ads against each other, Williams Graves and McClellan said early on that they were not going to use negative tactics in the race.
On policy, the two generally seem aligned. They both say a major priority is to protect reproductive health care and want to see Virginia enshrine the current abortion law into the Constitution.
They do differ on what they identify as their top issues. Graves told The Virginian Pilot she was focused on abortion rights and gun violence.
McClellan said she was focused on fighting flooding and creating more economic opportunity.
