VA-GOV 2017: Utter Panic and Doom (General election: Nov 7th)

[libertpaulian]

My thinking is Perriello runs for Lt.G in 2021, then governor in 2025.  The guy's 42.  He has time.

Didn't know there were that many people who bitterly cling to the rebel flag in VA...

You'd be surprised.

I mean, I knew there'd be bitter clingers in SWVA, but in a supposedly affluent, educated, and urbane county like Prince William?!

[Heisenberg]

My thinking is Perriello runs for Lt.G in 2021, then governor in 2025.  The guy's 42.  He has time.

Didn't know there were that many people who bitterly cling to the rebel flag in VA...

You'd be surprised.

Well, I'd expect Herring to run for Governor in 2021, and Fairfax may not want to challenge him, and instead just run for reelex. When the AG and LG offices are both held by the smae party, I've noticed that things like that sometimes happen (2009, 2017).

My thinking is Perriello runs for Lt.G in 2021, then governor in 2025.  The guy's 42.  He has time.

Didn't know there were that many people who bitterly cling to the rebel flag in VA...

You'd be surprised.

I mean, I knew there'd be bitter clingers in SWVA, but in a supposedly affluent, educated, and urbane county like Prince William?!

I doubt most people in Prince William feel that way. From my understanding his openness of the Confederate Flag is relatively new (strange given he's originally from Duluth, MN). I think he's DOA if he stands for reelection as Prince William CE.

[Classic Conservative]

Didn't know there were that many people who bitterly cling to the rebel flag in VA...

It's all over the place in central VA.

It's all over the place even in Northeast MA and Maine is like the confederate haven of the north.

[Holmes]

I guess the moral of the story is that even if you want to be a far right insurgent candidate, you still need some urban support to win.

[Gass3268]

Wagner is taking away a lot of needed support for Gillespie in the Hampton Roads area.

[SoLongAtlas]

My thinking is Perriello runs for Lt.G in 2021, then governor in 2025.  The guy's 42.  He has time.

Didn't know there were that many people who bitterly cling to the rebel flag in VA...

You'd be surprised.

Well, I'd expect Herring to run for Governor in 2021, and Fairfax may not want to challenge him, and instead just run for reelex. When the AG and LG offices are both held by the smae party, I've noticed that things like that sometimes happen (2009, 2017).

My thinking is Perriello runs for Lt.G in 2021, then governor in 2025.  The guy's 42.  He has time.

Didn't know there were that many people who bitterly cling to the rebel flag in VA...

You'd be surprised.

I mean, I knew there'd be bitter clingers in SWVA, but in a supposedly affluent, educated, and urbane county like Prince William?!

I doubt most people in Prince William feel that way. From my understanding his openness of the Confederate Flag is relatively new (strange given he's originally from Duluth, MN). I think he's DOA if he stands for reelection as Prince William CE.

Someone put a huge like 20 foot rebel flag on the side of 95 south in PW county plus a lot of southern military, esp Marines sympathize with the rebs here.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

My thinking is Perriello runs for Lt.G in 2021, then governor in 2025.  The guy's 42.  He has time.

Didn't know there were that many people who bitterly cling to the rebel flag in VA...

You'd be surprised.

I mean, I knew there'd be bitter clingers in SWVA, but in a supposedly affluent, educated, and urbane county like Prince William?!

There are racist rednecks everywhere.  I'm in VA Beach.  Hell, I regularly encounter people with accents so thick you'd need a translator to understand them.

Just because a place is affluent, educated, or urban doesn't mean it's inherently less rednecky or racist.  That's a notion I've been trying to get progressives to abandon for a long time.

[TheSaint250]

Wagner is taking away a lot of needed support for Gillespie in the Hampton Roads area.

If Gillespie loses, many people (including yours truly) will say he should've dropped out and endorsed Gillespie

[Mr. Reactionary]

Didn't know there were that many people who bitterly cling to the rebel flag in VA...

It's all over the place in central VA.

Yeah. I pass like 10 driving between Richmond and Danville. They're a dime a dozen around here. Probably because symbols mean different things to different people.

[TheSaint250]

Stewart is creeping up--only .5% behind Ed

[Oryxslayer]

Justin Fairfax and Ralph Northam officially have my endorsement now. I want Bryce Reeves and Corey Stewart to win their primaries though. I think they are the weakest in a general. But omg look at Corey Stewart the dark horse go!

I'm just finding it funny that the table turned on Gillespie and suddenly he is the one in a nail biter that nobody thought was competitive.

[MAINEiac4434]

I think Stewart will pull it out, and Northam utterly destroys him in November.

[Holmes]

Remember when someone posted that a Northam/Perriello recount woukd be perfect for Gillespie?

[Deblano]

What was the difference between Justin Fairfax and Susan Platt?

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

OMG go team Corey! I sooo want him to be yalls nominee!

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Republican Primary

CANDIDATE   VOTE   PCT.
Edward Gillespie
129,867   43.5%
Corey Stewart
128,529   43.0
Frank Wagner
40,163   13.5
83% reporting (2,120 of 2,561 precincts)

Republican Primary

CANDIDATE   VOTE   PCT.
Jill Vogel
119,372   42.1%
Bryce Reeves
115,985   40.9
Glenn Davis
48,049   17.0
81% reporting (2,077 of 2,561 precincts)

[TheSaint250]

Stewart now 0.4% behind.

[Mr. Reactionary]

OMG go team Corey! I sooo want him to be yalls nominee!

Same. It'll be the first big election where I actually feel like I could swing to either candidate. I want to have a choice for a change.

[heatcharger]

Remember when someone posted that a Northam/Perriello recount woukd be perfect for Gillespie?

Maybe we shouldn't listen on bronz on literally anything?

What was the difference between Justin Fairfax and Susan Platt?

Eh, Platt's background as a party operative led her to be more of a fire-breathing anti-Trump progressive, while Fairfax was a U.S. attorney, and he campaigned more on bread-and-butter Democratic issues. Both were good to me, but I voted Fairfax because I think he can win by more.

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COREY GET BACK IN THE MUSEUM YOU'LL MAKE THE RACE SAFE D!

[The Other Castro]

I feel like Gillespie will still probably win, but this must be hugely embarrassing.

[Smash255]

Keeps ticking close.  The amount of Fairfax left probably is enough for Gillepsie to eek it out, but wow

[Young Conservative]

Stewart's performance in NOVA is stunning. Periello's performance is worse than expecting, yet another blow to progressives.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

WULFRIC PROJECTION: VOGEL WINS REP PRIMARY

Republican Primary

CANDIDATE   VOTE   PCT.
Jill Vogel
124,685   42.1%
Bryce Reeves
121,124   40.9
Glenn Davis
50,159   16.9
85% reporting (2,171 of 2,561 precincts)

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Anyway I'm not going to use the thread to bash Northam, but never again do I want to hear a DLC cuck complain about Bernie not being a "real Democrat."  Bernie and Perriello didn't vote for George Bush twice.