Voters in Virginia State Senate District 38 are voting to fill the vacant seat left after state Senator Ben Chafin died from complications related to COVID-19. The district stretches across nine counties in southwest Virginia and includes the independent cities of Norton and Radford. There are two candidates in tonight’s race: Travis Hackworth, a Republican on the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors who emerged from a January primary, and Laurie Buchwald, a Democrat and former member of the Radford City Council. Polls close at 7 pm eastern.