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What Virginians are waking up to: (Original Post)
kpete
Nov 2017
OP
The State board of elections has it at 50/50. In district 94, the repub is ahead by 12 votes.
FSogol
Nov 2017
#4
WOW !! That should make KGOP shit on themselves, VA is purple and Trumpism got mud stomped
uponit7771
Nov 2017
#5
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. The blue tsunami has begun.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)2. Any word on VA house? tia
FSogol
(45,586 posts)4. The State board of elections has it at 50/50. In district 94, the repub is ahead by 12 votes.
Automatic recounts in VA only recount the totals to make sure nothing was entered improperly and they haven't counted the absentee ballots yet. We might win the house.
http://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2017%20November%20General/Site/GeneralAssembly.html
94 is Newport News
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)5. WOW !! That should make KGOP shit on themselves, VA is purple and Trumpism got mud stomped
FSogol
(45,586 posts)7. Even at 50/50, ties get broken by our 38-year old, African American, Lt Gov, Justin Fairfax.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)8. NICE !! Why is there a recount, is that automatic in VA? thx in advance
FSogol
(45,586 posts)9. Yes, automatic whenever it is within 1% (IIRC)
We've had some really close elections.
Creigh Deeds lost by under 600 votes and the recount
only changed about 24 votes.
AG Herring had a close one in 2013:
On the night of the election, Obenshain held a 1,200 vote lead over Herring. Vote totals fluctuated as ballots were canvassed in the following days, and the race remained too close to call. On November 12, 2013, with all ballots counted, Herring held a 165-vote lead, or less than 0.01%, and Obenshain requested a recount. Herring's total increased during the recount, so Obenshain conceded the election on December 18, 2013, and later that day, the recount ended with Herring winning by 907 votes, or 0.04%.
VA doesn't recount everything, they just re-certify the totals for each area.
FM123
(10,054 posts)3. Makes me wish I was a Virginian today 😀
Hopefully, after Virginia and New Jersey more states will go blue....
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)6. True blue surge!!!!