They needed help. Unreconstructed types gave it to them because they were attracted to Webb's antisemitism and fascism.
Guess I hit close to home eh?!
Shhh. Don't try to cite facts with the "it's all the fault of damnyankee transplants in northern VA" crowd. They're cover their ears and go "lalalalala". Until they decide to accept their are RAT lovers living amongst them in "conservative southern VA", you can expect more Warners, Kaines, and Webb's elected statewide.
During Mark Warner's election, some Virgina freeper warned that Warner was picking up votes from so-called "conservatives" and tried to explain to them that plenty of commie RATs were elected in Virgina back in the 60s and 70s before anyone even lived in "damnyankee northern Virgina". Hell, their hero Robert E. Lee was from their so-called "damnyankee northern Virgina" and plenty of New Deal FDR Dems won Virgina handily for decades. But no matter, that freeper was shouted down into submission for daring to suggest there are any native Democrats in Virgina. Facts are like kryptonite to this crowd.