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Look how Virginia switched from Red to Blue (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Nov 2017
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rpannier
(24,871 posts)1. Still anxiously waiting on 5 seats
Dems need two and the HoD are 50-50
mvd
(65,863 posts)2. Lots of women, a transgender member, a Democratic Socialist
It will be a diverse HoD and that's terrific - even more amazing in Virginia.
NCjack
(10,297 posts)3. VA nows has a labor surplus of old white men. nt
longship
(40,416 posts)5. Eleven of those seats went to women, one of them transgendered.
That's incredibly great.
R&
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)6. We may not know until Friday
When the localities add in the provisional and absentee ballots to give election results.
Yonnie3
(19,299 posts)7. Picking a nit, Monday not Friday.
Monday, because Friday is a holiday. People with provisional ballots have until noon Monday to present ID.
hvn_nbr_2
(6,761 posts)8. This should be part of our 2018 strategy and ads
I saw that on Lawrence last night and thought "we need to use this."


