TITLE: Virginia Board of Elections to meet Jan. 4 to pick winner of tied House of Delegates race
SENTENCE 1: The Virginia Board of Elections will randomly select the winner of the tied race for the state House of Delegates next week, the panel’s chairman announced Friday.
SENTENCE 2: A three-judge panel that met to certify the results of the recount then unanimously ruled a contested ballot was a vote for Yancey, tying the race between the two.
SENTENCE 3: More details will be available on https://t.co/La8IrnBGiU.— James Alcorn (@jamesalcorn) December 29, 2017  The race between Democrat Shelly Simonds and Republican incumbent David Yancey for the seat to represent the 94th district in the Virginia House of Delegates has remained unsettled for several weeks.

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