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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrats are poised to take control of both of Virginia's state legislative chambers on Tuesday
🌊🇺🇸 Germerican 🇩🇪🌊@tyrion1, 16m
Some good news here:
"Democrats are poised to take control of both of Virginias state legislative chambers on Tuesday, bringing the state under unified Democratic control for the first time in a quarter century."
Link to tweet
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/virginia-state-election-democrats_n_5dbc715be4b0576b62a19529
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Go Virgina, go Virginia!!!
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Democrats are poised to take control of both of Virginia's state legislative chambers on Tuesday (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Nov 2019
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Wounded Bear
(64,292 posts)1. Turn Virginia blue!
pwb
(12,639 posts)2. Good news..
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nycbos
(6,713 posts)3. Turn around three times and spit
RainCaster
(13,686 posts)4. I miss that show
Pure excellence, IMO.
Saviolo
(3,321 posts)12. I spit. It froze.
Can't be too careful!
... I think you can.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)5. Let's hope this turns out to be true.
defacto7
(14,162 posts)6. It's hopefully a sign of things to come.
Duppers
(28,469 posts)7. My state is awesome!
BlueWI
(1,736 posts)8. Congrats for all you do, VA!!
Enjoy what you earned - some sanity in government.
Xipe Totec
(44,555 posts)9. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. nt
bluestarone
(22,119 posts)10. YES God let this happen!!
Boomer
(4,405 posts)11. I'm not sure I dare believe this
But fingers crossed that it comes to pass.
Meanwhile, a few miles away in West Virginia, I'm stuck in deep red territory.
JudyM
(29,785 posts)14. In NoVA, Blue is spreading west. May it continue over the mountains...
Wednesdays
(22,544 posts)13. Holy shit
30 years ago the thought of a totally blue Virginia was merely a pipe dream!
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)15. Don't count the chickens yet
In the contested seats, it will all come down to turnout. Temperatures in Northern VA will go from 40 to 60 degrees. At least it's not going to rain here. I'll be happy if my precinct gets 30% turnout overall.
maxrandb
(17,416 posts)16. I've seen this Lucy football thing too many times... VOTE!!!