[KevinB]

Not buying it. The GOP got wiped out in the House of Delegates including a long time firebrand conservative in NoVa who lost to a T in LGBT. The demographic realities of the state have made the state bluer and bluer each election. The last time a GOPer won a statewide election was 2009.

Could the demographics of that district have changed so much that they went from voting for a staunch conservative like Marshall eleven times in a row to voting for a tranny? Is it possible that the down ticket folks were simply victims of the lack of enthusiasm for Gillespie? Voters focus on the governor's race. If Republican voters didn't care about Gillespie, it seems unlikely that they would have ventured out into the cold and rain just to vote for the down ballot folks even though they were good candidates.

[COBOL2Java]

Could the demographics of that district have changed so much that they went from voting for a staunch conservative like Marshall eleven times in a row to voting for a tranny? Is it possible that the down ticket folks were simply victims of the lack of enthusiasm for Gillespie? Voters focus on the governor's race. If Republican voters didn't care about Gillespie, it seems unlikely that they would have ventured out into the cold and rain just to vote for the down ballot folks even though they were good candidates.

Cheap Labor Express Ed pulled it down for all Republicans in Virginia. But also it was due to a President's mid-term elections. Don't forget Reagan's mid-term election losses.

[Darnright]

>Is it possible that the down ticket folks were simply victims of the lack of enthusiasm for Gillespie? <

I’m wondering if the same folks who were turned off by Gillespie weren’t turned off by this ridiculous blockade of Trump’s agenda, in particular by the Senate. So, they stayed home.

My state rep (Greg Habeeb) won with essentially a landslide. The democrat opponent got trounced.