Yesterday, I wrote that if the Democrats were remotely engaged with basic strategy, they would not do too much fraud in the Virginia governor’s race and allow the Republican to win.
If Glenn Youngkin Doesn’t Win, It’s Obvious Fraud Again (Which is Why He Might Win)
You can go back and look at my reasoning for why this win benefits the left more than the right. I don’t need to type it all out again.
I hadn’t even thought about the possibility that New Jersey was in play. That is just kind of nuts.
POLITICO:
Republican Glenn Youngkin has won the race for governor in Virginia, riding a wave of late momentum to deliver a rebuke of Democratic control in Richmond and Washington.
Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe, according to three television networks, denying McAuliffe’s bid to become Virginia’s first repeat governor since the 1970s.
With more than 94 percent of the expected vote counted, Youngkin has staked out a 3-point lead — a margin that reflects major gains for Youngkin and his party across Virginia and in other states as well. In New Jersey, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is locked in an unexpectedly tight race with Republican Jack Ciattarelli.
“Together we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth, and friends, we are going to start that transformation on day one,” Youngkin said in a victory speech early Wednesday morning.
In both states, the Republican candidates not only built further on blowout Republican margins in smaller, rural counties, they also cut into the edge Democrats built in diverse, heavily populated suburbs in recent years. Ciattarelli led Murphy by less than a percentage point at midnight, but with about three-quarters of the expected vote in and votes still outstanding in some heavily Democratic cities.
The results will set off a shockwave not only in Virginia — and possibly New Jersey — but across the country’s political landscape. The big swing that drove Youngkin’s victory is a foreboding sign for Democrats as they prepare to try to hold slim majorities in both the House and the Senate in the midterms. Seven states President Joe Biden won by smaller margins than Virginia will also hold governor’s races next year.
It will be wild if the GOP wins New Jersey. We weren’t even talking about that one, because we didn’t believe it was possible – but at time of writing, it hasn’t been called (and probably won’t be for a while).
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