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Tue Nov 7, 2017, 09:50 PM Nov 2017

Democrats Make Major Gains in Virginia State House [View all]

Source: NBC

Virginia Democrats have picked up 10 House of Delegates seats and lead in seven more races, putting them within striking distance of taking the majority in the state legislature.

Democrats needed to flip 17 seats heading into Tuesday to retake the majority. And while the gubernatorial contest between Democrat Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie has dominated national attention, the 100 seats in the state’s House of Delegates could end up being the true bellwethers to gauge Democratic Party's strength ahead of the 2018 midterms.

Virginia House Democratic Leader David Toscano called the results “unprecedented,” noting that the last time Democrats won more than five seats in a single year was 1975. "This isn't a wave, this is a tsunami,” he told NBC News.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/card/democrats-make-major-gains-virginia-state-house-n818801



Yes, Virginia, there is a.... sweet justice in the world
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+12 and counting aeromanKC Nov 2017 #1
How bad was Va. gerrymandered? House of Roberts Nov 2017 #2
Badly. In favor of the Republicans, of course. Soon to change -- courts have Nay Nov 2017 #9
America is in full rebellion bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #3
RESIST TRUMP Rollo Nov 2017 #7
Wow. This really was a tsunami. Just Wow. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #4
If they tie 50-50 obamachangetheworld Nov 2017 #5
That would be my guess. Tiggeroshii Nov 2017 #10
Biggest pickup since 1899 mobeau69 Nov 2017 #6
WOW!!!!! burrowowl Nov 2017 #8
I saw a guy on FOXNEWS say Gillespie got same votes as last R-candidate, but D turnout swamped'em. Midnight Writer Nov 2017 #11
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