Democrats promise a new Virginia if they win control of legislature; that's what worries Republicans

[TexasTowelie]

RICHMOND - Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe whipped up fellow Democrats at a recent fundraiser by outlining what's at stake in next month's state election: Control of the General Assembly and the power to enact a long list of Democratic priorities such as gun control, the Equal Rights Amendment and raising the minimum wage.

"Do not rest! Do not sleep!" McAuliffe exhorted. "Stop everybody you see - if they don't stop, tackle 'em! Explain to them why this is so important...We are going to make Virginia a new state."

The next day, the Republican Party of Virginia quoted McAuliffe's words with a different spin: "It should send shivers down your spine," party chairman Jack Wilson wrote in a fundraising email that also invoked national Democratic donors. "This should be a grave warning to patriots like yourself. If the Soros-Bloomberg Democrats win the General Assembly this November - YOU WON'T RECOGNIZE VIRGINIA ANYMORE."

If Democrats win control of the state legislature on Nov. 5, they will join with Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam to exercise their first consolidated grip on state government in a generation. All 140 seats in the General Assembly are on the ballot; Republicans are defending a 20-19 edge in the Senate and a 51-48 advantage in the House of Delegates, with one vacancy in each chamber.

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(Staunton News Leader)

[dameatball]

1. I just moved from a solidly red area of VA, but state demographics as a whole are really encouraging

On the other hand, there is a pretty rabid core of VA, NC, TN that will do anything they can to fight the future. I always thought of it as the (almost) old "State of Franklin." Geographically speaking.