When will the VA GOP win the VA governorship again?

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Since then Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell's landslide win in 2009 against lackluster Democratic gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds , the Virginia Republican Party has been in a slightly downward spiral, despite having control of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2000. This year, in 2017, Former Bush White House insider and RNC chair Ed Gillespie looks like an electable Virginia suburban Republican of the VA GOP mold, but barely won the June 2017 primary to more conservative outsider Corey Stewart. Gillespie is facing Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam in a marquee gubernatorial race.

Then-Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli lost in 2013 in a bitter race to Democrat Terry McAuliffe. Some say it was because of bitter tensions with the Republican Party.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/08/24/the-virginia-gop-shows-why-its-becoming-irrelevant/?utm_term=.32237b54d0ae

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-future-looks-grim-for-virginia-republicans/2017/08/18/39ff7d38-81f1-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html?utm_term=.a0712a097c66


When will they win again in VA's top office?

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2025: After Fairfax. Virginians may want something new.