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Virginia elects Democrat governor, in rejection of Trumpism
AFP via Yahoo ^ | 11/8/2017 | Michael Mathes

Posted on 11/07/2017 11:19:32 PM PST by advance_copy

Washington (AFP) - US Democrats claimed a resounding win Tuesday in a crucial governor's race in Virginia, dealing a blow to Donald Trump's politics of division and testing the president's influence ahead of larger battles in 2018 and 2020.

The marquee race has national ramifications as a test for the Republican Party and their combative leader, and Democrats came out on top

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2017; gillespie; northam; transgender; va2017
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To: zeestephen

Gillespie- 1.1 million votes
Trump- 1.7 million votes


41 posted on 11/08/2017 2:04:26 AM PST by McCarthysGhost
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To: zeestephen

Gillespie did not have the advantage of running against Hillary.


42 posted on 11/08/2017 2:07:40 AM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: McCarthysGhost

I guess GW Bush help didnt put Ed over the top. Probably cost him votes.


43 posted on 11/08/2017 2:12:34 AM PST by doosee (Captain, we are approaching a new level of Hell.)
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To: advance_copy
This was the state where their ultra far far far left Givernor gave two hundred thousand felons their voting rights back just before the 2016 elections. How is their continued stance of “I'm With Stupid” and “We Love Criminals” a rejection of the current President?

Any move right is a win for President Trump's agenda. While Virginia's voters might not have slid full right they may have settled for a step or two to the right over McAuliffe. From an Art of the Deal perspective, it might still be winning!

44 posted on 11/08/2017 2:17:16 AM PST by xander (TRUMPing nonsense with common sense)
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To: xander
Any move right is a win for President Trump's agenda. While Virginia's voters might not have slid full right they may have settled for a step or two to the right over McAuliffe. From an Art of the Deal perspective, it might still be winning!

I like your optimism, but this election was catastrophic for VA. It's even possible that the Republican majority in the House of Delegates has been lost.

45 posted on 11/08/2017 2:31:43 AM PST by KevinB (When you drink the water, remember the men or women who dug the well.)
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To: advance_copy

GOP says it’s a backlash against Trump. Perhaps it’s a backlash against the do nothing GOP Congress.


46 posted on 11/08/2017 2:35:53 AM PST by HarleyD ("There are very few shades of grey."-Dr. Eckleburg)
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To: advance_copy

Trump received 700,000 more votes than Ed Gillespie. If Ed had reached out to those voters he would have won. Instead, he stood for nothing and folded like a cheap suit
9:03 PM - 7 Nov 2017

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/928080586538999809


47 posted on 11/08/2017 2:38:13 AM PST by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: advance_copy
Somebody should remind the writer of this story that Virginia and New Jersey rejected "Trumpism" when they voted for Hillary last November...and Trump won anyway.

So the real news story is "Two pro-Hillary blue states remained blue." Let the democrats have their 48 hours of celebration...nobody will even remember this election by the weekend.

48 posted on 11/08/2017 2:38:42 AM PST by apillar
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To: advance_copy

Did anyone think the swamp was going to be happy about draining?


49 posted on 11/08/2017 2:39:42 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Gun buybacks are one of the most ineffectual public policies that have ever been invented")
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To: KevinB

I count 50 50 right now for the house of delegates with may be only 2 delegate districts not counted at 100 per cent yet. Some votes are close in numbers and may get challenged by one or other party...might be January before the final count gets settled. The Senate is still in Republican hands until 2019 at least so the Dems won’t exactly be able to steam roller their plans through.


50 posted on 11/08/2017 2:46:32 AM PST by mdmathis6 (Men and Devils can't out-"alinsksy" God! He knows where "all the bodies are buried!")
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To: advance_copy

Considering northern Virginia is heavily populated by government workers and all those affiliated with the government (the swamp) which has been leftist run since Bill Clinton, I hardly think the home grown natural Virginians rejected Trump as the article implies. I am related to several Virginians that live throughout the state and they are staunch anti-democrats, they claim most the folks they know are also.

So I do not think they rejected “Trumpism”, but miss their dear old obamaism.


51 posted on 11/08/2017 2:52:43 AM PST by redfreedom
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To: advance_copy

Democrat state, establishment republican.....any reasonable person looking at this race knew what the outcome was going to be!!!


52 posted on 11/08/2017 2:58:30 AM PST by ontap
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To: advance_copy

“Except as noted (*), every Virginia Governor election for 36 years has been won by the nominee of the party opposite the President at the time of the election. “

Very interesting. I guess I’ll keep avoiding virgina for the foreseeable future. I’m tired of getting tickets there just because I have Tennessee plates.


53 posted on 11/08/2017 3:06:52 AM PST by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: zeestephen

True, but remember that Trump was running in a presidential election where Virginia senator Tim Kaine was on the ballot as Hillary Clinton’s running mate.


54 posted on 11/08/2017 3:14:25 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: KevinB

That was a stretch on my part. I know full well we are battling pure evil and I truly despise the relative ease at which so many citizens seem to be willing to surrender to it. Their deliberate drive down Dependency Road away from Freedomtown is terrifying.


55 posted on 11/08/2017 3:27:03 AM PST by xander (TRUMPing nonsense with common sense)
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To: advance_copy

I don’t think that Northam’s win is as important as the shellacking the Republicans took in the Virginia legislature, going from a two-thirds majority to possibly losing control. I don’t think that all of those were a rejection of Trump.


56 posted on 11/08/2017 3:32:14 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Robert DeLong
I get tired of listening to and reading all the analysis about elections.

The why's and therefore's.

When the truth is simply, good over evil (or vice versa)

The prize is America.

Two entities want us; Good and evil.

So it all depends on your world view whether a dem or a pubbie is the good guy or the bad guy.


Good vs evil, that's all it is.

57 posted on 11/08/2017 3:36:27 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: DoodleDawg
I don’t think that Northam’s win is as important as the shellacking the Republicans took in the Virginia legislature, going from a two-thirds majority to possibly losing control. I don’t think that all of those were a rejection of Trump.

Hopefully, the recounts will favor the Rs and the Rs will retain the majority. If not, VA is truly toast.

58 posted on 11/08/2017 3:37:24 AM PST by KevinB (When you drink the water, remember the men or women who dug the well.)
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To: KevinB
Hopefully, the recounts will favor the Rs and the Rs will retain the majority. If not, VA is truly toast.

Did I see where Northam won Norfolk County? Where the navy base is? What's up with that?

59 posted on 11/08/2017 3:42:50 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: advance_copy

More like “Convicts and Government Employees Decide Virginia’s Future”


60 posted on 11/08/2017 3:48:26 AM PST by Blogatron (Brought to you by The American Frog Council; "Frog - The other green meat.")
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