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Dems flip Virginia Senate & House take control of state government for the first time in generation
ashingtonpost.com ^ | Nov 5 2019 | DNC To Bezos then WaPo

Posted on 11/05/2019 8:30:45 PM PST by NoLibZone

Democrats gained control of both houses of the Virginia General Assembly Tuesday, tapping strength in the suburbs to consolidate power for the first time in a generation and deliver a rebuke to President Trump.

Several results were still close after polls closed on the most expensive and most-watched Virginia legislative races in years, but Democrats flipped at least two seats in the state Senate and at least five in the House of Delegates to takemajorities in both.

Officials reported unusually high turnout in an electionthat served as an opening salvo in next year’s presidential showdown, a test of Democratic defiance and Republican resolve in the era of Trump.

The sweep completed a dramatic political conversion, from red to blue, of a Southern state on Washington’s doorstep.

Both U.S. Senators, a majority of the congressional delegation and all three statewide office holders are Democrats. The state was carried by Democrats in the last three presidential elections. Republicans have not won a statewide contest since 2009.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: virginia
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To: NoLibZone

Thank you soccer moms, </sarc>


41 posted on 11/05/2019 11:04:07 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Everything I Needed to Know About Islam I Learned on 9/11)
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To: NoLibZone

A direct result of illegal immigration and nothing else.


42 posted on 11/05/2019 11:12:47 PM PST by albie
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To: NoLibZone

Demographics is destiny.


43 posted on 11/05/2019 11:34:52 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: nutmeg

When you’re running down our country, Hoss, you’re walking on the fightin’ side of me. Dan Blocker?


44 posted on 11/05/2019 11:46:46 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: NoLibZone

Headline should have read:

Dems perfect voter fraud techniques in advance of this upcoming Presidential Election.


45 posted on 11/06/2019 12:29:01 AM PST by bayliving
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To: NoLibZone

Virgnia is lost. Today I am melancholy. The forces of Evil march onward to the squeals of delight by the evil enemy within. Who wll save America? Or is it just too late?

I am so depressed.

But God will not be mocked. The forces of Evil will find that they will meet a fiery end in opposition to God. They will regret their choices heavily.


46 posted on 11/06/2019 1:50:09 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: MarvinStinson

Very much looking forward to Soros’s descent into Hell.


47 posted on 11/06/2019 1:52:50 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Kentucky is solidly conservative. The GOP retained every position in Kentucky except for the governorship and it is only because the governor was massively unpopular. I am sure a GOP candidate will win Kentucky governor next election.


48 posted on 11/06/2019 1:56:00 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: NoLibZone
Per WaPo results page: "So far 821,269 Democratic votes, 858,971 Republican votes and 55,184 votes for other candidates have been counted statewide for all House of Delegates races."

More GOP votes than Dem votes. But Dems take control due to fraudulent redistricting ordered by judges appointed by Obama.

Lesson: Do not be a chicken and leave Virginia. Stay here and fight for this, the most important ground, the ground where American liberty was invented. Fight Virginians! Fight!
49 posted on 11/06/2019 2:15:59 AM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: advance_copy
Corrected link. That other link was NY times results without vote counts. Sorry for error.
50 posted on 11/06/2019 2:37:30 AM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: NoLibZone

Need a version of that extension for Mozilla browsers that don’t support web extensions.


51 posted on 11/06/2019 2:58:46 AM PST by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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To: NoLibZone

Another sanctuary city, another lawless state free everything and free the felons from jails. The rats won lotto they will be looting on a large scale now


52 posted on 11/06/2019 3:00:44 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: NoLibZone

Now VA will be an official MS-13 sanctuary instead of the usual wink-and-nod routine.


53 posted on 11/06/2019 3:07:40 AM PST by ScottinVA (Every liberal should be red-flagged.)
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To: NoLibZone

My wife and I are here in VA for our granddaughters, but when they hit their teens in a few years, we’re out of here.


54 posted on 11/06/2019 3:10:45 AM PST by ScottinVA (Every liberal should be red-flagged.)
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To: NoLibZone

Virginfornia is for Leeches.

I thought I finally escaped corrupt Democratic run states. I was born and raised in NY, went to school in MA and NJ, and lived out in CA. I thought I finally hit a great place to live with decent and efficient government but alas that is now over. Next move is down I-95 to FL or Hilton Head SC.

Virginia is going to experience what HL Mencken said about democracy: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”


55 posted on 11/06/2019 3:51:44 AM PST by C19fan
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To: advance_copy

Court drawn districts and especially in NoVa there are districts with large amounts of illegals and resident aliens. So a handful of Leftist voters can win the district.


56 posted on 11/06/2019 3:53:48 AM PST by C19fan
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To: NoLibZone

Northern Virginia is a cancer that should be sliced off from the rest of the state. Too bad the disease has killed the state. Now stand by for full on boot on the neck oppression. NVA is full of the scum of the earth and illegals and Muslims are everywhere. Catastrophic change is already happening and the change is accelerating.


57 posted on 11/06/2019 3:54:37 AM PST by Truth29
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To: NoLibZone
Virginia was one of the most fiscally responsible states in the USA.
58 posted on 11/06/2019 4:02:16 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

South Carolina will welcome you with open arms.


59 posted on 11/06/2019 4:18:33 AM PST by upchuck (Criminals love gun control. It gives them a safe work environment.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Agreed, Extremely Extreme Extremist.

Virginia should be, at least, two States. Even Ohio would benefit by being split into two, maybe three, new States.


60 posted on 11/06/2019 4:32:12 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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