Democrats Make Major Gains in Virginia State House
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 states 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
aeromanKC
(3,331 posts)Edit: +13
+13 and counting!! Looks like 50/50 is a reasonable outcome and could go higher with recounts.
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/virginia-general-elections
House of Roberts
(5,198 posts)If the flip holds that really says a lot!
Nay
(12,051 posts)mandated it but it hasn't happened yet.
bucolic_frolic
(43,479 posts)against that Nazi swine!
Rollo
(2,559 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)It's Christmas in November!
obamachangetheworld
(121 posts)That means they take the legislature doesn't it, since a Democrat won the Lt. Governor?
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)I think it is getting really close. If they gain the seats that have not been called and are ahead in and gain one where the Republican has not been called but is ahead in (there look like 3 or 4), they look like they will pick up the house of delegates.
mobeau69
(11,167 posts)burrowowl
(17,656 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,849 posts)The FOXPOD didn't seem to like that input.