Democrat Ralph Northam elected as Virginia’s next governor

[CaptainObvious]

What happens if the House ends up 50-50?

Business as usual. Government will still be as inept as ever. They'll pretend to do something while actually accomplishing nothing of substance.

 

[Arnie]

What happens if the House ends up 50-50?

It would effectively be a dem majority since the Lieutenant Gov, a dem, would cast the deciding vote.

The State Senate is 21-19 Republican, btw

 

[CaptainObvious]

So the democrats won what they were supposed to win, and this is the great victory? In the era a participation trophies, I guess you gotta celebrate where you can.
Republicans might do better if they actually begin to represent the working class instead of giving lip service to illegal immigration, advocating tax breaks for the corporate slave masters, and pass a fucking infrastructure plan which is the only god damn thing which is going to create any jobs of substance.

 

[UsualName]

Business as usual. Government will still be as inept as ever. They'll pretend to do something while actually accomplishing nothing of substance.

From what I understand Medicaid expansion is a big issue in Virginia.

 

[CaptainObvious]

From what I understand Medicaid expansion is a big issue in Virginia.

Of course it is. Working people seeing all their heath benefits slashed by the corporate slave masters, reduction in other benefits, no pay increases, no good jobs being created...leaves people strapped for much needed healthcare. Democrat plan will crush the economy with taxes to pay for it all, and the republican trickle down myth of reward the corporations and hope they will share some of their wealth with the unwashed masses will continue to fail.

 

[peilthetraveler]

Ralph Northam rebuffs Trumpism in Virginia gubernatorial win

Jon Ward
Senior Political Correspondent



ARLINGTON, VA — Democrats across the country are breathing a sigh of relief after Ralph Northam was elected Virginia’s next governor Tuesday night.

Northam, a Democrat and the state’s current lieutenant governor, was declared the winner over Republican Ed Gillespie by the Associated Press nearly an hour after polls closed in the state.


Northam’s win is a particular relief for Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va, who is being challenged by a Trump-style Republican named Corey Stewart next year. It shows that anti-Trump sentiment is a powerful factor for voters. Trump never campaigned in Virginia for Gillespie but endorsed him and attacked Northam on Twitter Tuesday morning, saying Northam would be “weak on crime” and that under a Gillespie governorship “crime will be gone.”

However, Northam’s victory also demonstrates that figures like Stewart, easily dismissed as irrelevant just a few years ago before the rise of Trumpism, can no longer be ignored. Kaine, who is one of many Democrats often discussed as a potential presidential candidate in 2020, will have to be on his game to avoid an upset loss to Stewart.

Democrats getting excited about this is a little bit like a guy who goes into a casino, bets $100 per hand on blackjack and loses 10 hands in a row, then drops his bet down to $5 and wins his first hand and thinks his losing streak is now over and the casino should be scared.