Ex-News Anchor Whose Girlfriend Was Killed on Live TV Wins Election

A former Virginia television news anchor whose reporter girlfriend was shot and killed during a broadcast two years ago won election to the state’s House of Delegates Tuesday.

Democrat Chris Hurst defeated Republican incumbent Joseph Yost and will represent Virginia’s 12th House district in Richmond.

Hurst was in a relationship with Alison Parker when she and cameraman Adam Ward were murdered by a former co-worker while doing a live report for WDBJ-TV on the morning of Aug. 26, 2015. (Read more from “Ex-News Anchor Whose Girlfriend Was Killed on Live TV Wins Election” HERE)

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