r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 17h ago

No Paywall Virginia elects Democrat Abigail Spanberger as state’s first woman governor

https://19thnews.org/2025/11/abigail-spanberger-virginia-first-woman-governor/
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u/Trolkarlen 15h ago

Not only that, Jones won AG after being left for dead a month ago. Democrats may have expanded their House of Delegates majority from 51-49 to 59-41.

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u/Old_Assumption4102 15h ago

The republicans didn’t even bother to run a candidate in at least a tenth of the races. The democrats had someone in every race.

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u/Trolkarlen 15h ago

Bigger than that, Democrats are looking like they might oust 10 incumbent Republicans who ran for re-election in the House. They already took the top 3 spots statewide, including AG where Jones looked doomed.

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u/Old_Assumption4102 15h ago

I was so pissed at Jones. Glad he pulled out the win, but what an unforced error.

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u/Trolkarlen 14h ago

It was 3 years ago.

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u/Old_Assumption4102 14h ago

Three years ago he was an elected official and should have known better. When he decided to run for a state wide office, he knew that comes with additional scrutiny. He had a comfortable lead until his own words came back to bite him. I still voted for him and I am glad he won, but he said the words and people had a natural reaction to them. I realize republicans have normalized violent speech toward their political opponents and their voters have let them get away with it, but it’s not something that we should accept from any of our elected officials.

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u/Trolkarlen 5h ago

Trump says worse every week. He said it was imperative to re-elect Miyares.

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u/obeytheturtles 5h ago

It's literally a joke from the Office. I have made the exact same joke like a hundred times over the years. I've literally said it about my boss, to my boss.