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‘This is a tidal wave’: Democrats blow Republicans out of the water in the key bellwether state of Election Day 2017
Democrats scored sweeping victories on the east coast on Tuesday, winning gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia and picking up dozens of seats in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Pollsters and pundits voiced collective shock at the strength of Democratic turnout, particularly in Virginia, which is widely viewed as a bellwether of opposition to President Donald Trump.
Democrats in Virginia elected gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam in the first competitive statewide election since Trump took office, while simultaneously winning the lieutenant governor’s contest, reelecting their attorney general, and flipping dozens of seats in the state legislature.
Democrats scored sweeping victories on the east coast on Tuesday, winning gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia and picking up dozens of seats in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Pollsters and pundits voiced collective shock at the strength of Democratic turnout, particularly in Virginia, which is widely viewed as a bellwether of opposition to President Donald Trump.
Democrats in Virginia elected gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam in the first competitive statewide election since Trump took office, while simultaneously winning the lieutenant governor’s contest, reelecting their attorney general, and flipping dozens of seats in the state legislature.