The GOP’s Virginia surge may be too little, too late

Washington Examiner ^ | October 17, 2025 6:00 pm | Jeremiah Poff

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Virginia Republicans scored a monumental victory in 2021. After 12 years of sustained statewide losses, the party emerged from the wilderness and swept the three statewide races that year, led by outsider Glenn Youngkin, who became the commonwealth’s first Republican governor since Bob McDonnell left office in 2014.

Virginia’s gubernatorial elections are unique in American politics in that no other state makes its governor a lame duck the moment he is sworn in, as term limits prohibit consecutive terms. No Virginia governor has ever run for reelection as an incumbent, although two governors have succeeded in winning nonconsecutive terms.

The commonwealth’s proximity to Washington, D.C., means that national politics inevitably looms over the gubernatorial race, which is made all the more interesting due to the fact that Virginia has rarely been a swing state in national elections, shifting from reliably Republican to reliably Democratic in a single election cycle. It backed the Republican presidential nominee in every election from 1968 until 2004, and from 2008 onward, it has backed the Democratic nominee, all by fairly uncompetitive margins — the closest was a 4-point win for President Barack Obama in 2012. In 2004, it had two Republican senators, and four years later, it had two Democratic senators and still does.

EDUCATION RETURNS TO CENTER STAGE IN VIRGINIA GUBERNATORIAL RACE

But amid those changes on the national level, one trademark Virginia trait has held: The commonwealth tends to elect governors from the party out of power in the White House. It is a trend that has held true when Republicans reliably won the state in presidential elections, and it has largely held true since Democrats have dominated the state federally. In fact, since the election of Jimmy Carter as president...

[Celtic Conservative]

Whistling past the graveyard.

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[DIRTYSECRET]

If Sears wins she should thank Jay Jones. McCaulliff the punk gave it to Youngkin so perhaps we can get another gift.

[Parley Baer]

Says the left-wing Washington Post.

[VanShuyten]

It’s the centrist Washington Examiner.

[4 Libertys sake]

Republicans/conservatives CAN win- they have to get out there and talk about the importance of keeping parental rights and limiting the power of schools. There’s still enough time to make a difference.

[llevrok]

Early voting wins again. :-(

[1Old Pro]

This is basically a non-winnable race. The stars need to be aligned, Youngkin was an anomaly.

[Trump20162020]

For the longest time, the rule of thumb for Virginia’s off-year gubernatorial elections was the party opposite of the president would win, which has been the case aside from 2013 (when McAuliffe barely beat Cuccinelli while Obama was president) in every year I can think of.

Trump in the White House is too motivating for Democrats in a state that hasn’t gone red in a presidential election since 2004.

[PermaRag]

“Youngkin was an anomaly.”

Very much so. His 2021 victory mirrored Trump’s win in 2016:

1. Having the luxury of running against the single most repugnant Democrat possible (Hillary, McAuliffe).

2. Not truly being taken seriously by the overconfident Rats, who failed to manufacture as much fraud as they normally would have.

3. And still winning by an extremely narrow margin (Trump of course didn’t even win the popular vote in ‘16).

Virginia Rats already held the state Senate as of 2019 and have continued to do so. They took the state House in 2023. The margins are extremely narrow and the GOP could win both of them back, but probably won’t unless there is an upset or 2 at the top of the ticket. Most likely “best” case is that the violent feral racist Democrat loses for AG but they win the other 2 statewide races.

As usual, it should be close — closer than the 2024 Senate race anyway, in which the Wishful Thinkers thought Cao had a real chance, but he never did.

As usual, the Democrats will win — probably after midnight when NOVA drops a bunch of votes.

[1Old Pro]

4. He was able to gain votes from the highly publicized school parental rights issue as well.

[SaveFerris]

(Abigail Spanberger)

Abigail Spanberger is Endorsed by CHILD-GROOMING Son of Satan Barack Hussein Obama

WHAT MORE EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY to make people realize that
Son of Satan Barack Hussein Obama is a Godless Reprobate?

(The Democrat party has become FULLY FEMINIZED at this point.)

🔍 🔎 searched on Obama and lookee here...

CHILD-GROOMING DEMOCRAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA



CHILD-GROOMING DEMOCRAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA



CHILD-GROOMING DEMOCRAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA



CHILD-GROOMING DEMOCRAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA



Sound Doctrine REALLY applies here

[Obergefell v. Hodges - DECIDED
ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015]

All According to SATAN'S Plan

DEMOCRAT Barack Hussein Obama's Rainbow White House HAPPENED ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015 - turning the White House into a Godless Reprobate Abomination



DO NO HARM, Christians, but REJECT this
Godless Reprobate Agenda. WALK AWAY.
(For the thread)

[riverdawg]

” ... Youngkin was an anomaly.”

McAuliffe was a terrible, tone-deaf candidate, quite apart from his reputation as a Clinton-era slimeball.

[SaveFerris]

WHAT MORE EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY to make people realize that
Son of Satan Barack Hussein Obama is a Godless Reprobate? (Part 2)

UNREPENTANT LGBTQ+ CHILD-GROOMING
SON OF SATAN DEMOCRAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA



UNREPENTANT LGBTQ+ CHILD-GROOMING
SON OF SATAN DEMOCRAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA



UNREPENTANT LGBTQ+ CHILD-GROOMING
SON OF SATAN DEMOCRAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA



UNREPENTANT LGBTQ+ CHILD-GROOMING
SON OF SATAN DEMOCRAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA



UNREPENTANT LGBTQ+ CHILD-GROOMING
SON OF SATAN DEMOCRAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA



Just another typical Democrat liar protecting the Sodom and Gomorrah Homosexual Agenda

It's ALL about promoting SATAN'S LIES of "TRANSGENDER" and LGBTQ+ with them

These are spirit of antichrist Goats 🐐🐐🐐 doing the works of their true father, SATAN

John 8:44

Abortion, Gay Marriage, Pride Parades, "Transgender", LGBTQ+....

THESE are the MOST IMPORTANT THINGS to the Modern Democratic Party

Democrats are at
War with Reality,
Biology and
Almighty God



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DO NO HARM, Americans
Be situationally-aware
(For the thread)

[SaveFerris]

Son of Satan Barack Hussein Obama seems
to be HELL-BOUND & DETERMINED to be tossed
into The Eternal Lake of Fire & Brimstone 🔥🔥🔥🔥

How many OTHER PEOPLE are DETERMINED to follow
Barack Hussein Obama into The Eternal Lake of Fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥?

At The Great White Throne Judgment, Unbelievers are Rejected. They did not choose to be written into His, The Lamb's, Book of Life.

[oldbill]

It’s because racist democrats will not vote for a black woman.
Republicans should have been running on that theme the whole campaign. The democrats sure did it for Doug Wilder.

[Rocco DiPippo]

Sick, degenerate freaks. Gross. Leave the kids alone, you freakin’ perverts!

[SaveFerris]

Yep

No decent, God-fearing person could
be in support of Barack Hussein Obama.

[SaveFerris]

(Abigail Spanberger is Endorsed by LGBTQ+
CHILD-GROOMING Son of Satan Barack Hussein Obama)

BUMP