ELECTION NIGHT Nov 4 2025

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Anonymous wrote:Good night for Dems. GOP support in VA and NJ largely mirrored Trump’s favorability ratings. He was clearly a factor in the party’s losses.

Trump certainly helped weak Dem candidates like Mikie Sherrill in NJ and scandal-plagued Dem candidates like Jay Jones in VA. Both of them should probably send Thank You notes to Trump.

The republicans ran now a three time loser for governor of NJ. Talk about a shitty candidate.

I agree on Jones…but again, Miyares bizarrely ran on national issues that would keep him in the good graces of Trump but were against VA interests. If he really wanted to win he would have read the room.

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Miyares will be in the trump administration in 3…2….

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Anonymous wrote:Miyares will be in the trump administration in 3…2….

He’s a textbook bootlicker and always has been. Nothing new there.

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Anyone has Purcellville, Loudoun County, results?

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Yes to Spanberger.

No to the Tysons casino.

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Firm NO to casino.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes to Spanberger.

No to the Tysons casino.

Yes, we are going to have to fight this again.

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Anonymous wrote:NY Times Headline: Democrat wins Virginia Governor’s race with forceful Anti-Trump campaign

I think Trump isn’t going to be happy tomorrow with the headlines.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/04/us/election-new-jersey-california

Virginia Democrats now hold a 51-49 advantage in the House of Delegates, and party leaders are hoping to flip as many as nine Republican seats. It could be the biggest Democratic election in Virginia since 1989.

I'm honestly curious about the fixation on Trump. When I vote a state election, I vote based on the candidates running and their positions, not on the President. Because state and local affects my life more. When I was in Fairfax County, my taxes skyrocketed every year to the point where it became stupid to stay in retirement. I pay 15K LESS on a house in New England of the SAME VALUE then I do in Fairfax County and get to enjoy a higher quality of life.

You are "honestly curious about the fixation on Trump"? If that's true I respectfully suggest you pull your head out of your rear and wake up.

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Pick up a freaking newspaper and get a clue.

I’m very well-informed. I think it’s…well…obsessive, bordering on paranoia. For a state election, I’m more concerned about schools, taxes, crime, etc.

If you are well-informed, then you know that over the past 6 months states have had to repeatedly sue the federal government to protect citizens, get federal funds that should have been delivered but weren't, and generally keep the federal government out of state business. So if you care about schools, taxes, and crime, then right now you have to care about how a governor or AG will deal with Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:Ghazala Hashmi wins the Virginia lieutenant governor's race, NBC News projects

First female Muslim to win a statewide race. It’s a good night for Va dems

The one who is in favor of the Tysons casino? Yes, great night in VA. /s

I mean, yeah! Defeat MAGA! Woo-boo! But now we have to beat down the craziness that comes with the yahoos we elected (like the casino), so they don’t destroy Tyson’s like Trump destroyed the East Wing.

Casino support seems very uncorrelated to party affiliation

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The bigger story, IMO, is Democrats picking up like 13 or 14 seats in the House of Delegates in VA.

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Anonymous wrote:Ghazala Hashmi wins the Virginia lieutenant governor's race, NBC News projects

First female Muslim to win a statewide race. It’s a good night for Va dems

The one who is in favor of the Tysons casino? Yes, great night in VA. /s

I mean, yeah! Defeat MAGA! Woo-boo! But now we have to beat down the craziness that comes with the yahoos we elected (like the casino), so they don’t destroy Tyson’s like Trump destroyed the East Wing.

Casino support seems very uncorrelated to party affiliation

Everyone should be against gambling.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone has Purcellville, Loudoun County, results?

Loudon was the first to report at about 7:30-8:00!

Loudoun Spanberger +29 12 pts. 12 points more Democratic 164,366

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Anonymous wrote:Ghazala Hashmi wins the Virginia lieutenant governor's race, NBC News projects

First female Muslim to win a statewide race. It’s a good night for Va dems

The one who is in favor of the Tysons casino? Yes, great night in VA. /s

I mean, yeah! Defeat MAGA! Woo-boo! But now we have to beat down the craziness that comes with the yahoos we elected (like the casino), so they don’t destroy Tyson’s like Trump destroyed the East Wing.

Casino support seems very uncorrelated to party affiliation

Everyone should be against gambling.

Why? It's a source of revenue, and jobs are disappearing from Virginia like crazy. Obviously, nobody wants gambling addicts, any more than we want to have alcoholics, but no one is against having bars (apart from some religious fundamentalists).

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Anonymous wrote:Ghazala Hashmi wins the Virginia lieutenant governor's race, NBC News projects

First female Muslim to win a statewide race. It’s a good night for Va dems

The one who is in favor of the Tysons casino? Yes, great night in VA. /s

I mean, yeah! Defeat MAGA! Woo-boo! But now we have to beat down the craziness that comes with the yahoos we elected (like the casino), so they don’t destroy Tyson’s like Trump destroyed the East Wing.

Casino support seems very uncorrelated to party affiliation

Everyone should be against gambling.

Why? It's a source of revenue, and jobs are disappearing from Virginia like crazy. Obviously, nobody wants gambling addicts, any more than we want to have alcoholics, but no one is against having bars (apart from some religious fundamentalists).

It’s that the “revenue” is largely coming from the people who can least afford to provide it. Everyone hopes to lure the whales when they open a casino, but gambling is fundamentally a poor man’s pastime. I don’t know anyone in my UMC community that goes to MGM or Charlestown for fun. Even Vegas is passé.

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Anonymous wrote:Ghazala Hashmi wins the Virginia lieutenant governor's race, NBC News projects

First female Muslim to win a statewide race. It’s a good night for Va dems

The one who is in favor of the Tysons casino? Yes, great night in VA. /s

I mean, yeah! Defeat MAGA! Woo-boo! But now we have to beat down the craziness that comes with the yahoos we elected (like the casino), so they don’t destroy Tyson’s like Trump destroyed the East Wing.

Casino support seems very uncorrelated to party affiliation

Everyone should be against gambling.

Why? It's a source of revenue, and jobs are disappearing from Virginia like crazy. Obviously, nobody wants gambling addicts, any more than we want to have alcoholics, but no one is against having bars (apart from some religious fundamentalists).

It’s that the “revenue” is largely coming from the people who can least afford to provide it. Everyone hopes to lure the whales when they open a casino, but gambling is fundamentally a poor man’s pastime. I don’t know anyone in my UMC community that goes to MGM or Charlestown for fun. Even Vegas is passé.

This. It’s a regressive tax, just like the lottery. Rich people like these taxes because it doesn’t it rich people and means they get to pay less in taxes.