Call it the aftershock.
After flipping 15 Republican seats in the House of Delegates last month, Democrats appeared to pick up one more Tuesday after winning a Newport News-area recount by a single vote.
If the stunning result is confirmed Wednesday by a recount court, it would throw the House into an extraordinary 50-50 split that would require Republicans and Democrats to share legislative power.
Democrat Shelly Simonds, a Newport News School Board member, entered Tuesday’s recount in the 94th House District trailing Republican Del. David E. Yancey by just 10 votes. When the ballots were retabulated, the unofficial results showed Simonds with 11,608 votes to 11,607 for Yancey.
