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Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
I hope that Democrats (in Virginia in this case) did actually vote this time around. This has been our Achilles heel since 2010. A lot depends on Fairfax and Prince William Counties.
Look comfortable here: https://www.nytimes.com/elections/r...column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Oh for FFS, Gillespe is winning.
He might win, but in Virginia, the votes from the rural areas always come earlier. Once the votes from the northern parts of the state (as well the Richmond area) come, the picture changes. Not saying Northam will win, but it's important to keep that in mind at this early stage.Oh for FFS, Gillespe is winning.
Yup, hopefully these returns are indicative and there aren't any nasty surprises.
Don't worry so much about the topline yet, check the link berba posted and scroll down to the live estimate (bit with the needle), gives a good idea as to where the returned votes are compared to the baseline of a tied vote.Oh for FFS, Gillespe is winning.
Richmond is quite "hipster" so that should be a win for Northam, can't see them going for Gillespie then, still way too close.
The good news so far: Northam doing better than Hillary. Gillespie is not ahead of Trump.
Dems have it in the bag. McAuliffe just said Northam will win and that the Dems have swept the board.
I'm still shitting it with the current totals.
OTOH, 10(!!!) incumbent Reps are trailing (all early counting, but still).
According to NYT, only 2% of the votes from Fairfax county have been counted.
Just waiting for a big bunch of Fairfax returns so I can breathe out.
Doing well, this is a good test for the Dems and hopefully another Trump backed loser.
The L-G, Fairfax, is a far more progressive candidate than Northam, and is trailing heftily. If he loses, it punctures my Bernie-would-have-won belief (but with caveats).
Trailing Northam but gaining in the race. Maybe it's the old Clinton in Clinton County curse striking, which is a big deal if you're called Fairfax and want to win VA!
Fairfax will win. Dems will sweep up the board.
I hope that Chris Christie is the last Republican governor of New Jersey.
Tonight seems like a big punch in the face to Trumpism.
Wow
A good night for the Dems tonight then, a nice little preview for the mid-terms.
Did Fairfax go for Fairfax?
He will
He's ahead on CNN not on NYT, it's weird. He has matched Northam's numbers in Fairfax, so that's a potential source of huge good news.
Wow.
Our Revolution (Berni's thing) has 5 candidates, 1 incumbent and 4 challengers. 3 winning 2 trailing. Not bad.
Wow, so happy for Danica, my Girlfriends Friend had been working on that campaign.
By my quick count on the NYTimes site, Dems currently leading 14 GOP incumbents in VA (though a couple are very very close).
Does anyone have a result for Kristen Browde? Running for New Castle.
CNN calls it for Northam.
Massive numbers
Wonder if Trump will delete his posts about Gillespie, especially the nice packed lies of the economy and crime figures he plucked out of thin air.
How bad is it for the GOP tonight ? A socialist US Marine just got elected.