Was VA-GOV 2013 a fluke?

[Skill and Chance]

Ken Cuccinelli was also a pretty awful candidate for Virginia. He was openly celebrating the government shutdown….. while running in Virginia of all states.

Yep, the "only won because their opponent was awful" effect strikes again.  They can hold on narrowly against a normal candidate if they won by double digits against the crazy/scandalized person (JBE in 2019), but otherwise it's over. Bodes very, very poorly for Laura Kelly in 2022 and Andy Beshear in 2023.