Virginia Mega Thread: The Youngkin Administration

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https://twitter.com/fawfulfan/status/1455606853677813771

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538 live blog: https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2021-elections-live-updates-and-results/ (apologies if already posted, I was away for an hour and came back to >10 new pages which I'm not going to read).

Trust me when I say you’re not missing much in the way of constructive discussion.

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I am declaring victory. I have been elected Governor of Virginia.

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https://twitter.com/Conblob/status/1455734234425921538

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https://twitter.com/George_A_Callas/status/1455726717411135488

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https://twitter.com/George_A_Callas/status/1455726717411135488

What do these acronyms mean

so truuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeee

Yeah, I can't tell what they stand for either.

That’s the joke guys

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https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1455701917930250241
https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1455702945576759298

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A real Virgin vs. Chad moment

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Chap Petersen probably was just too moderate for a district like SD-37 and was coasting on hometown appeal.   Redistricting was probably going to screw him over no matter what.

All incumbents of both parties who lost today would probably not have lost - or at least made it much closer - if they were in their old districts. Joe Morrissey, for example, is quite literally the example of a legislator who knew how to serve his specific constituents and gave the finger to public opinion in the rest of the state. But redistricting changed the districts and shuffled voters, removing old constituents and adding voters who have never been given a reason to like said incumbent. And so the incumbent must actually win the trust of those new voters, or risk them selecting one of their own and outvoting the carryover constituents.

https://twitter.com/Yukongold1898/status/1671353432936947712?cxt=HHwWgICxhfLF67E...

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Btw, when the last time a single state legislative race received as much national attention as the Gibson one?

There was a special election for the Delaware Senate early in the Trump presidency that got enough attention to get its own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Delaware%27s_10th_state_senate_district_special_election

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https://twitter.com/margaretbarthel/status/1722238353230463123
https://twitter.com/samshirazim/status/1722260611520946345