The party held onto two key seats in Loudoun County that will allow them to maintain control of the state’s legislature.

Virginia Democrats preserved their Statehouse majority on Tuesday in the first test of voters’ energy since President-elect Donald Trump’s win in November, which left many party members across the country reckoning with their losses in federal elections.

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,