Virginia is going to make history tonight.

[William769]

They will elect a Democratic Governor with a Democratic President first time in 100 years.

Take it to the bank.

[maddezmom]

1. Keeping my fingers crossed

[cilla4progress]

2. Me too -

thanks to the WOMEN!

[William769]

6. Never forget the Ladies!

Especially come the next Presidential Election.

[NYC_SKP]

9. Warren, right?

I know we'll stay friends through this.

But there might be MOMENTS....

...of difficulty.

[William769]

11. Remember

[nomorenomore08]

13. Honestly, I would be fairly happy with either of the two as the nominee.

Warren's just more of a "fresh face," that's all.

[NYC_SKP]

17. Posting on her Facebook!

Good enough!

[Little Star]

3. Yes please!

[kydo]

4. It's going to happen

they are talking about the exit polls. looking very happy blue

[kentuck]

5. Repubs will be loathe to give up the Obamacare issue...

If it doesn't work for them in Virginia, it may not work anywhere?

[NYC_SKP]

7. OK, now tell us who the Progressive Democratic Choice for President will be in 2016....

That's a far more burning question, not that Virginia doesn't play into it.

[William769]

10. You know my answer already.

Although we may not agree on the terminology.

[chillfactor]

8. I appreciate your enthusiasm....

but I will wait until the election results start coming in.....but I am keping my fingers and toes crossed that this actually happens

[William769]

55. You can rest easy now.

[malaise]

12. 40 years not 100

Nixon 73

[William769]

14. Nixon wasn't a Democrat.

[malaise]

15. True I was thinking Virginia governor from the same party

as the President.
You're right.

[William769]

16. My statement may still be wrong.

But I'm to happy right now to double check.

[Revanchist]

18. Actually it would be Mills Godwin, elected in 1966 while Johnson was in office

But it's not like Virginia doesn't elect Democrats on a regular basis, it just that they seem to elect a governor who is in the opposite party of the current president. This is the first time since 1974 that they bucked the trend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Virginia

[William769]

20. Thanks for the information.

[Revanchist]

21. No problem

I just find the state a little weird with their habit of electing the opposite of whomever won two years prior.

[Laelth]

30. They're very close to D.C., and they know it.

It's bound to affect them. Richmond was burned to the ground by the government in D.C. It's little wonder they might have a habit of steering in the opposite direction from whatever party controls D.C.

... just a theory.

-Laelth

[chillfactor]

19. right now cooch ahead...

44.9% to M's 40.6%

[JoeyT]

23. From what I understand,

that's actually kind of good news that the difference is that small. The red (rural) areas are what come in first, for the most part, so the Republican is barely winning in areas he should have been able to take with a landslide.

[Cryptoad]

22. Welcome Home Ole Virgina nt

[boston bean]

24. I read this as "Viagra is going to make history tonight".

But go v I r g I n I a.

[William769]

25. LOL!

After I read your post, I went to double check what I wrote.

[boston bean]

26. I'm reading way to much DU! LOL

[Kablooie]

27. The only reason this will happen is because the GOP campaign wasn't conservative enough.

Once they communicate true conservative values to the voters Republicans will win by a landslide.





(In case you didn't get it.)

[Mr.Bill]

39. Please,

let them keep thinking this.

[Laelth]

28. k&r for the Commonwealth of Virginia. n/t

-Laelth

[muntrv]

29. The early numbers show Cuccinelli ahead. I assume it's because the rural precincts are reporting

first, correct?

[William769]

32. You decide. Here is the map.

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/elections/2013/general/virginia/map.html

[Pab Sungenis]

35. Yep. The Southwest came in first.

That's reliably rightwing lunatic territory, and they're only backing Cooch by 10 points.

This is going to be good.

[William769]

37. Here is the 2012 Presidential map.

http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/president/virginia/

I am still very confident.

[FoxNewsSucks]

41. Yes. Because

republicons have been voting all day. Democrats had to wait until they got off work.

[chillfactor]

31. well I hope urban counts come in soon....

numbers now making me sick....McAuliffe 10% down

[ancianita]

33. I can't wait until the vote breakdowns come out. I want to see what women did.

[Zorra]

34. I would like to take this opportunity to salute the Tea Party RW extremists who made this historic

Democratic party victory possible.


Well done, you racist homophobic sexist KKK bigots. Thank you!


Congrats, Virginia!

[William769]

36. ...

[HereSince1628]

38. Aren't ALL elections historic? I mean really?

[ancianita]

40. Fox News is projecting a McAuliffe win. I'm so excited!!

[MissNostalgia]

42. Right Now on MSNBC

Chuck Todd is saying this is no big deal, I hate this guy so much.

[ancianita]

44. RIGHT??

[MissNostalgia]

47. muted him

I muted after he said the tea party will be unfazed by loss.

[Auntie Bush]

45. Yet Chuck seemed so excited and happy McA won and asked Rachael to

post it on the Telly again for all to see. Maybe we have judged him wrong.

[onenote]

49. I've lived in Virginia my entire life, and while I'm happy, this isn't a big deal

Over the past few weeks (and even the past few hours) I've seen posts here saying this was going to be major "change" election that would signal that Virginia is irrevocably moved from red to blue, that McAuliffe was on the way to a 15 point victory, etc etc

In fact Virginia is much what it has been -- a state where there is no party registration and the quality of the candidate determines victory or defeat. This year both candidates were flawed in the eyes of most voters. Fortunately, Cooch was the more deeply flawed candidate. But the results should be eye opening to those that think winning elections in purple states is easy.

[Dopers_Greed]

43. Now that the race is called

All the stations are talking about Crisco instead

[nolabear]

46. I am SO glad to see some evidence that Dems are done with that crap.

[William769]

48. I just got back online

I am really happy right now.

[pinto]

50. VA goes blue!

[onenote]

52. Virginia stays purple is more like it.

Going into the election Virginia had two Democratic senators and had voted for Obama in two presidential elections. But it also had a republican state house of delegates, a state senate that is split evenly between the two parties and Republican governor (after two Democrats holding that position in the previous two elections).

Democrats defeated a pair of deeply flawed repub candidates; had the repubs not left the nomination to a convention, they probably would have held the governorship and lt. governorship. As it stands, it looks like they're going to hold the attorney general office, setting up Obenshain to run for governor in 2017.

In short, as happy (and relieved) as I am at McAuliffe's win, the realistic view is that this doesn't signal any kind of sea change.

[pinto]

54. Thanks for the more detailed view.

[William769]

57. Well it was blue enough last night.

[SchmerzImArsch]

51. Interesting

[NBachers]

53. A Nail Biter- I've been refreshing the Viginia.gov's election results page

At this point, it's

[grahamhgreen]

56. Because the President did not compromise with stupity.