I am not thrilled with Gillespie, but one reason and pretty much the only reason I would like a Republican to win this is because of Redistricting in 2020. It will be a disaster if a Democrat wins this time. We will lose seats all over the state both federal and state. Count on it.
Redistricting may motivate you, and some of the R base, but its not likely to even be on the radar of those new voters Trump brought to the polls.
Again, I will be happy to eat crow if I am wrong, but I just don’t see, in a generic R vs generic D race, even being off year and lower turnout, I just don’t see the R pulling it off without those new voters Trump brought out to vote for him...
If a MAGA candidate was running I would predict a very easy win for them, because I think that it would be, but a GOPe guy vs a generic D.... just don’t see him motivating the turnout needed.
Time will tell, and I will happily eat crow... But I see this as the D by 1-3