Posted on 11/08/2017 8:23:38 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
A first-time politician who lost his girlfriend to gun violence has defeated the National Rifle Association-backed incumbent in a state house race in Virginia....
Hursts girlfriend, 24-year-old journalist Alison Parker, was shot dead on live television during a routine morning broadcast in 2015, along with WDBJ7 cameraman Adam Ward. Parker had been quietly dating Hurst, another reporter at the station....
....On Tuesday, Hurst won with 54% of the vote to defeat Joseph Yost, an incumbent with an A-rating from the NRA.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
yep....dims know how to manipulate the heart strings.
Fixed.
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