Voters are going to the polls on Tuesday in three special elections for the legislature that will serve as barometers of political energy for both parties.

Virginia is holding the first special election of the year in what is being billed as a test for Democratic enthusiasm ahead of the state’s gubernatorial race later this year. Democrats are widely expected to hold a state House and state Senate seat in Loudoun County outside of Washington,

Voters in northern and central Virginia will vote in special elections to fill two vacancies in the state senate and an open seat in the House of Delegates.

Voters in Virginia will begin the new year filling state Senate and House vacancies on Tuesday in a trio of special elections that could determine control of the narrowly divided

Voters in some parts of Virginia will go to the polls Tuesday in three special elections for the General Assembly.The outcome will determine which party controls the House and the Senate.