RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Voters in Richmond and part of Henrico County are set to pick a new member of the General Assembly.
A special election is being held Tuesday to fill the empty 71st District seat, which was vacated after Democrat Jennifer McClellan won a seat in the state Senate.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports (https://bit.ly/2lcY0HN ) the new representative is expected to be seated before the session ends.
The candidates are Richmond School Board member Jeff Bourne, a Democrat; Independent Regie Ford, a mortgage consultant; and Libertarian John Barclay, a teacher at Franklin Military Academy.
Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to the newspaper.
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