Posted on 11/05/2019 8:01:43 PM PST by Morgana
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Democrats continued their winning streak under President Trump on Tuesday and took full control of the statehouse for the first time in more than two decades.
Democrats won majorities in both the state House and Senate in the marquee warmup for next year’s presidential election, the third election in a row in which they have made significant gains since Trump was elected.
Of the four states with legislative elections this year, Virginia is the only one where control of the statehouse was up for grabs. Republicans had slim majorities in both the state House and Senate.
National groups, particularly those aligned with Democrats, pumped huge amounts of money into the contests as a way to test-drive expensive messaging and get-out-the-vote campaigns ahead of the 2020 cycle. Gun control and clean energy groups affiliated with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent several million dollars helping Democrats.
Virginia also drew several high-profile visits from 2020 presidential hopefuls, including former Vice President Joe Biden, as well as current Vice President Mike Pence.
Trump tried to rally Republicans via Twitter but stayed out of Virginia, a state he lost in 2016.
His election three years ago has been disastrous for Virginia Republicans, particularly in growing suburban areas. Democrats have won every statewide contest, picked up three additional congressional seats and now are set to control both the state house and the Executive Mansion for the first time since 1994.
Republicans were hoping an off-year election with no statewide candidates on the ballot would help defuse the anti-Trump energy that powered previous cycles. GOP lawmakers also were hopeful that the specter of a possible Trump impeachment would anger and motivate the Republican base.
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“Virginia is the first state of the old confederacy to go full (liberal)Democrat.”
Actually, confederacy was democrat.Virginia has returned to its roots, which isn’t such a good thing.
“Um, please don’t tell me anyone is surprised by this...”
I lived in Virginia in 1980. It was a nice place but very democrap. I am surprised it took this long to go blue.
Virginia is not Democrat, Virginia is Progressive.
Virginia like all the North East wants to be Europe.
American progressives are Euro wannabes
“Virginia is not Democrat, Virginia is Progressive.”
There is no difference. The democrap party are the liberals. There is nothing progressive about regressive ideas like liberalism.
“Asian Americans it is more like 90-10.”
They are all for liberalism until it comes for them, such as with Harvard admissions.
I lived in Virginia in 1980. It was a nice place but very democrap. I am surprised it took this long to go blue.
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Yep! Virginia is too close to the swamp to not be infected with the Liberal sickness, and many of the DC Swamp Creatures reside in Virginia!
A real shame!
After some difficulty,I think I have found the before and after maps for the recent redistricting in Virginia.
Here is the Republican controlled legislature’s Congressional map as drawn after the 2010 census. I’m not sure that “contiguous and compact territory” as stated in the state Constitution applies to 7 and 5. Especially 5, which while not looking like a salamander (Gerrimander), 5 does look like Godzilla with a thin neck and head.
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/government/redistrict.html
I had some trouble finding the most recent court ordered redistricting map. I think that at the link, the old one is second line far right, and the new one is 2nd row center.
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