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Democrats Have Already Lost Virginia

The outcome matters, but the lesson is already learned.

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Ben Domenech
Nov 02, 2021
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John Davidson. “President Joe Biden won Virginia a year ago by 10 points. In normal times, that would mean a governor’s race this year in the Old Dominion shouldn’t be close, especially not one that pits a relatively popular former Democratic governor, Terry McAuliffe, against a relatively milquetoast Republican like Glenn Youngkin.

“Yet going into Ele…

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