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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican Mark Obenshain will reportedly concede Virginia attorney general's race
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:00 AM PST
Republican Mark Obenshain will reportedly concede Virginia attorney general's race
by David Nir http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/18/1263640/-Republican-Mark-Obenshain-will-reportedly-concede-Virginia-attorney-general-s-race
According to the Washington Post, Republican state Sen. Mark Obenshain will concede the Virginia attorney general's race to Democrat Mark Herring on Wednesday. After an initial tally found Herring ahead by just 165 votes out of over 2.2 million cast statewide in November, Obenshain sought a recount, hoping to turn the contest in his favor.
But that recount, which began Monday, has gone very poorly for him. According to an unofficial but very thorough tally maintained by Daily Kos Election's own Taniel, Herring's lead has bloomed to over 600 votes. That's thanks mostly to officials uncovering undervotes in heavily Democratic areas like Fairfax County, which uses paper ballots. In a somewhat ironic twist, most of the redder jurisdictions in Virginia rely on electronic voting machines that leave no paper trail for individual votes, so there simply weren't undervotes to be discovered there.
More importantly, Obenshain's concession gives Democrats undisputed control of all five of Virginia's statewide elected positions, for the first time since the late 1960s. That's a connection in name only, though, as this quintet represents an utterly different party from their predecessors who held sway during the height of segregation. Remarkably, two of these DemocratsSen. Tim Kaine and Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffewere former DNC chiefs, and McAuliffe ran an explicitly liberal campaign. And the othersSen. Mark Warner, Lt. Gov.-elect Ralph Northam, and Herringare incomparably more progressive than Virginia Democrats of yesteryear.
It's a major sea change in the Old Dominion, ..............
But that recount, which began Monday, has gone very poorly for him. According to an unofficial but very thorough tally maintained by Daily Kos Election's own Taniel, Herring's lead has bloomed to over 600 votes. That's thanks mostly to officials uncovering undervotes in heavily Democratic areas like Fairfax County, which uses paper ballots. In a somewhat ironic twist, most of the redder jurisdictions in Virginia rely on electronic voting machines that leave no paper trail for individual votes, so there simply weren't undervotes to be discovered there.
More importantly, Obenshain's concession gives Democrats undisputed control of all five of Virginia's statewide elected positions, for the first time since the late 1960s. That's a connection in name only, though, as this quintet represents an utterly different party from their predecessors who held sway during the height of segregation. Remarkably, two of these DemocratsSen. Tim Kaine and Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffewere former DNC chiefs, and McAuliffe ran an explicitly liberal campaign. And the othersSen. Mark Warner, Lt. Gov.-elect Ralph Northam, and Herringare incomparably more progressive than Virginia Democrats of yesteryear.
It's a major sea change in the Old Dominion, ..............
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Republican Mark Obenshain will reportedly concede Virginia attorney general's race (Original Post)
Coyotl
Dec 2013
OP
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)1. k/r
underpants
(182,826 posts)2. YES! And Ha-Ha
Those electronic machines bit the GOP square in the ass.
Gothmog
(145,293 posts)4. This is great news
Yeah
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)5. TEXAS IS NEXT!!!!
ellie
(6,929 posts)6. Thank god almighty!
Congratulations Virginia!
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)7. An official Democratic sweep!
Governor, Lt. Gov, and AG.
Way to go, Virginia! Now go help your N.C. Neighbors see the light....