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Mayday_Messenger

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11. This Needs To Be Bumped Up

Reply to Sabuca (Original post)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 08:37 PM

Nov 2021

and everyone needs to keep this in mind. VA has a history of what we are seeing tonight. It happened with Clinton and Obama. It didn't mean everything was doom and gloom for Democrats moving forward though!

Lot of people will overreact to this election (just as they did to past VA Governor elections). Yes, lessons should be learn but it isn't the end of the world. Just ask Clinton and Obama (or even Reagan and George W. Bush!).

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"In every election but one since Jimmy Carter, the President's party has lost the VA Governor race" [View all] Sabuca Oct 2021 OP

McAuliffe isn't an incumbent FBaggins Oct 2021 #1

Thanks. You beat me to it. Does NC do this too? NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #2

No, Govs in NC can serve more than one term consecutively obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #3

it used to be that way but in the 1980's they changed the rules. dsc Oct 2021 #6

I recently read an article about Terry Sanford. He couldn't succeed himself. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #7

Gov Hunt was the first to succeed himself in the 1980's. dsc Oct 2021 #9

The analyst didn't talk about incumbents (my mistake, but irrelevant fact) Sabuca Oct 2021 #4

If the moon aligns with Saturn and Jupiter ForgedCrank Oct 2021 #5

The incumbent can't run in VA. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #8

Do you have a source for Terry's popularity in his prior term onenote Oct 2021 #10

This Needs To Be Bumped Up Mayday_Messenger Nov 2021 #11