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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know what IMO the most important stat out of last night was? In 2013 Democrats challenged like 23 seats in the state legislature that were held by Republicans. Last night they were challenging 54.

That shows grassroots democratic passion, there are SO many new people running for office. Not something that will be super evident on the national stage but it is a fantastic sign for the next few years. 538 had an article awhile back that talked about the VERY strong correlation between new candidates of a party running and taking over seats in congress. Democrats have like more than 200 new candidates raising money, Republicans less than 30.

Trump is causing Republicans to start retiring but he isn't sparking a passionate group of new politicians running for office...at least not for Republican office.[/quote]

Yup, just heard an interview with the mayor of Richmond. He said there were 41 first-time candidates on the House of Delegates ballots.

And, that the current status of the House is 50-50 with one district in Newport News that is outstanding. That's the one mentioned either here or on another thread where the candidates are only separated by 12 votes.[/quote]

This is a good review of the status of the Newport News vote from their local paper. It also reviews the other 4 races and how the losers can demand a recount (will definitely happen in all 5 close races).

They haven't even started looking at provisional ballots! My guess is that those will be heavily Democratic - usually due to people who don't have ID or have housing insecurity (i.e., poor folks).

http://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-nws-politics-recount-94-yancey-simonds-20171108-story.html

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