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Virginia is for Republicans | James Antle

Source: The Guardian

Nov 04, 2009

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Big election victories by a slate of conservative Republicans in Virginia shows the party is turning back the Democratic tide

Virginia, according to the old bumper sticker slogan, is for lovers. In yesterday's off-year elections, Virginians were lovers of Republicans. GOP candidates swept all three statewide offices and made gains in the state general assembly. A year after turning blue in a presidential election for the first time since 1964, Virginia was red again.

Virginia's Democrats were red with embarrassment, because the results weren't even close. Former attorney general Bob McDonnell was elected governor with 59% of the vote against Craig Deeds, who had been considered the Democrats' strongest gubernatorial candidate during the primary. Deputy governor Bill Bolling and attorney general candidate Ken Cuccinelli each took about 57% running on the Republican ticket.

The Republicans easily swept the more conservative parts of the state and stopped their party's bleeding in the Northern Virginia exurbs. More significantly, they reversed a Democratic trend

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