Mister Mets
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« on: October 19, 2017, 10:08:11 PM » |
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« edited: October 19, 2017, 10:24:11 PM by Mister Mets »
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It is a different environment in a state that Trump lost while winning the President, so it's not a perfect overlay.
Gillespie is running a conservative campaign, although his history is as establishment as humanly possible.
Northam may hold statewide office, but he's somewhat obscure, with 50% name recognition in some polls. He doesn't have the negatives Hillary did, and has the army medic background.
Virginia was more liberal than the rest of the nation in 2016.
Running for a third term for the White House is difficult. Running for Governor of Virginia when the other party holds the White House is a plum spot (McAuliffe is the only one to win when his party held the White House and he had a combination of a scandal-laden incumbent and a flawed opponent.)
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