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onenote

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5. Virginia is a blue state.

Reply to llmart (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:16 AM

22 hrs ago

He lost Virginia in 2016, 2020, and 2024. It has a newly sworn in Democratic governor, lt. governor, and AG. Its House of Delegates is overwhelmingly Democratic and it has two Democratic Senators. The statei has begun the process that would shift its narrowly Democratic US House Delegation to one that has several more Democratic seats.

Folks sometimes say Virginia is "purple" --- it's not. It's become a blue state. The blip -- Youngkin's election in 2021 -- was due more to a poor selection of candidate by the Democrats.

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