Virginia elects Democrat governor, in rejection of Trumpism
[AFP]
Michael Mathes
,AFP•November 7, 2017
Washington (AFP) - US Democrats claimed a resounding win Tuesday in a crucial governor's race in Virginia, dealing a blow to Donald Trump's politics of division and testing the president's influence ahead of larger battles in 2018 and 2020.
The marquee race has national ramifications as a test for the Republican Party and their combative leader, and Democrats came out on top.
The race had all the makings of a nailbiter, but in the end Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam handily defeated his Republican rival Ed Gillespie in the southern battleground state, in a rejection of Trump's policies and his scorched-earth 2016 campaign, whose polarizing tactics have darkened his presidency.
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