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BREAKING: BIG WIN IN VIRGINIA: Republicans Crush It in HD-98 Special ElectionConservatives just delivered a decisive smackdown in Virginia's 98th House District.In today's special election to replace the late Delegate Barry Knight, Republican nominee C. Andrew Rice – a tough-on-crime Virginia Beach prosecutor – steamrolled Democrat Cheryl Smith by a landslide margin of 64.7% to 35.2%.Final tally: Rice 6,432 votes, Smith 3,501. That's not a win; that's a rout.This is a Trump+15 district that has stayed rock-solid red, and today's result proves the GOP firewall remains intact even in a low-turnout off-year special. Democrats poured in money and effort – and got absolutely nothing for it.Message received loud and clear: Virginia Beach isn't turning blue anytime soon.Republicans hold the line.