A judge ordered that eight public university board members tapped by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin be removed from their posts in a victory for Virginia Senate Democrats who rejected the appointees in a June committee vote.

A Virginia judge on Tuesday blocked three universities from recognizing Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R-VA) eight board appointees as board members, handing a win to state Democratic lawmakers who rejected the appointments last month.

Virginia Senate Democrats had rejected Youngkin’s picks in committee, but the governor’s administration had told the university boards to let the nominees serve.

The Virginia governor has appointed multiple donors, political activists and former GOP officials to governing boards, prompting a clash with faculty and Democrats.

A Fairfax County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday granted a temporary injunction suspending eight gubernatorial appointees from serving on governing boards at the University of Virginia, Virginia Military Institute and George Mason,

Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Jonathan D. Frieden severed the newly appointed members from their governing-board seats at the University of Virginia, George Mason University and the Virginia

A judge has ordered that eight university board members tapped by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin should be removed from their posts after Democrats rejected them.

Several higher education institutions in Virginia have been temporarily prohibited from allowing appointments made by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to continue serving on governing boards after a Fairfax County judge issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.