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A recount this week in the election for District 94’s state House of Delegates seat in Virginia resulted in a tie between Shelly Simonds (D) and Delegate David Yancey (R) when a three-judge panel accepted a previously disqualified ballot. As a result, the election will be decided by lot on December 27. The last time a state legislative election ended in a tie was in 2015, when a Democratic incumbent and his Republican challenger drew straws to settle the results.

This week's #FridayFact asked: In which state did candidates tie that year? You chose from the following responses:

• Colorado
• Mississippi
• Ohio
• Virginia

The correct answer was Mississippi. In the 2015 state House election, incumbent Bo Eaton (D) and challenger Mark Tullos (R) both finished with 4,589 votes. Eaton was selected as a winner when both candidates drew straws, but he was later removed from the chamber after the Republican majority voted to disqualify five votes in the election and seat Tullos instead.

Read more about the ongoing recounts and legal challenges in Virginia's House of Delegates elections.