Oh right, this is a Governor’s race.
Still, the same logic applies. The absolute worst case for the citizen is a quisling GOP legislature cooperating with a corporatist “moderate” Democrat.
Take the chance the leftier one will get in, because the legislature is less likely to team up with him against you.
The rest of Virginia is still conservative so our legislature has been uncooperative with Clinton’s Bag Man and will not cooperate with either Democrat that gets in.
Northern Virginia has made it almost impossible to elect a Republican statewide.