VA-HD89: Money, message and momentum define the 89th District race in Chesapeake

One of Virginia’s most competitive House of Delegates races is heating up in Chesapeake, where two sharply contrasting candidates are pitching plans to ease the cost of living and strengthen public education.

The race for Virginia’s House District 89 — represented by Del. Baxter Ennis, R-Chesapeake, who announced in February that he wouldn’t seek reelection — is now wide open.

The district generally leans Democratic but has swung between parties in recent years. It backed Donald Trump in 2016, Glenn Youngkin in 2021 and Kamala Harris by just under three points in 2024. The Virginia Public Access Project ranks it among the 10 most competitive House contests this year.

Democrat Kacey Carnegie, an attorney, and Republican Mike Lamonea, a Chesapeake school board member and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, are offering voters starkly different ideas for tackling rising costs and improving schools.



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