21,000 Virginia voters (most likely African American Democrats) voted for Princess Blanding.

[brooklynite]

Meet Princess Blanding: The third person vying to be Virginia’s next governor

Princess Blanding isn’t mincing words. She is done with the status quo.

From an educator and an activist to now a gubernatorial candidate, Blanding is looking to make history in more ways than one.

If elected, she would not only be the first Black woman to become governor of Virginia, but she would also be the first openly LGBTQIA+ woman to hold the office. She’s running on the platform of a party that she created, the Liberation Party.

But with progressive policy points that are likely to appeal to the political left, why did she start her own party?

https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/2021/10/29/meet-princess-blanding-the-third-person-vying-to-be-virginias-next-governor/

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Gonna suck if we lose Virginia by 21,000 votes...which very well may happen with how it's changed.

[MFM008]

2. if you

deviate from the mainstream democratic candidate-- you hand it to the gop on a silver platter,
every single time.

[Budi]

4. And isn't that the intent, afterall?

[brooklynite]

5. No, she's a LIBERATION Party candidate.

[Budi]

6. Wtf is a Liberation Party? Ok. Well thanks for correcting me then.

I'll just delete my Libertarian post now...
Oops.

Liberation huh?
Well. Ok then

Maybe thats why she got so many votes.
Voters thought it said LIBERTARIAN.

😄

[Budi]

8. Do you know who endorsed her campaign?

Someone's got a habit of running a unknown to divide off usual Dem voters, so this is actually not surprrising at all.
Along with delaying the BBB just long enough to prevent McAuliffe from having that in his campaign arsonal.

They ain't working for the Democratic Party. They're working to kneecap it.

[Klaralven]

7. Looks like the margin will be wide enough that Blanding is not a factor