dems done old dominion
Northam takes the lead in early Virginia governor resultsDemocratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam has taken an early lead in Virginia's governor's race as results pour in, running ahead of Hillary Clinton's vote share in the same areas when she carried the state by 5 points last fall
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first trans woman and apparent metalhead to win a state seat
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/ev4gep/this-trans-metalhead-stepmom-is-making-a-historic-run-for-office-in-virginia
not only that but she won the state seat of the guy who tried to write a bathroom bill in Virginia IRONY
second black person to win a major office in Virginia - Lt. Governor
http://wtvr.com/2017/11/07/justin-fairfax-defeats-jill-vogel-to-become-virginias-next-lieutenant-governor/
and Chris Hurst won in a region that Dems effectively gave up on. For those of you who don't know, his girlfriend was Allison Parker, one of the two victims who were shot on live TV two years ago
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-hurst-virginia-democrat-tv-anchor-southwest-virginia_us_599070ebe4b08a2472751f0f
It is not likely but at the moment if I am understanding, Democrats can veto and seriously impact redistricting so hopefully this will help with the gerrymandering going on
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the majority Repub whip got kicked out by a Socialist. Who was kind of turned away by the state Dems for paperwork issues.
Weird day.
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