Virginia Democrats claim both houses of General Assembly

[Formerly Once-Ler]

https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/2019/11/05/democrats-look-flip-control-virginia-general-assembly/4172398002/

RICHMOND — 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.

Suburban voters turned out in big numbers to back Democratic candidates, continuing a trend of once GOP-friendly suburbs turning blue. This is the third election in a row in which Democrats made significant gains since Trump was elected.

"I'm here to officially declare today, November 5, 2019, that Virginia is officially blue," Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam told a crowd of supporters in Richmond.

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.

President Donald Trump tried to rally Republicans via Twitter but stayed out of Virginia, a state he lost in 2016.

The only candidate Trump endorsed by name, Republican Geary Higgins, was handily defeated in a contest for a northern Virginia Senate district that was previously held by the GOP.

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This is bad.  It's very bad.  It's not good.
It does not look like the unfair impeachment process has energized Trump's base in MS, VA, or KY.

[mystery-ak]

Remember the Cyclist Who Flipped Off Trump? She Just Won an Election in Virginia
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/11/06/remember-the-cyclist-who-flipped-off-trump-she-just-won-a-seat-in-virginia-n2555994

[Right_in_Virginia]

Virginia's lost .. has been for a while.  Too many leftovers from the 16 Clinton/Obama years stayed because they like the place AND their government jobs.  Immigration, legal and illegal, has also served to change Virginia from red to blue.  A first for the Commonwealth:  The first Muslim-American has been elected to the state senate ousting a Republican incumbent in the 10th District. 

It's going to take a tax revolt to even begin to turn this around.  But the good/bad news is:  that tax revolt will happen sooner rather than later with Demonrats in total control of the state.

Right now I'm just praying the Commonwealth of Virginia does not become a sanctuary state.

[sneakypete]

This really has nothing to do with Trump,and everything to do with yankee carpetbaggers moving to northern Virginia in numbers high enough to dominate state politics.

That's how the current carpetbagger became Governor.

Frankly,I'm surprised it took this long. Seems like all of northern Va is now a suburb of DC.

[Hoodat]

This really has nothing to do with Trump,and everything to do with yankee carpetbaggers moving to northern Virginia in numbers high enough to dominate state politics.

Virginia is no longer a Southern State.  In the near future, they will be erecting statues of Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan along Monument Street in Richmond.