While the Associated Press has now called it for the democrats in the state legislature. Democrats have flipped enough seats tonight to gain control of the state house and the state senate in virginia. That big double flip tonight means that democrats have control of all the statewide offices in the state. Theyve also got control of the state legislature in the state. And that puts democrats in complete control of the Virginia State government for the first time in 26 years. Of course the further big news tonight is out of kentucky, where the Democratic State attorney general, andy beshear, has turfed out republican incumbent governor matt bevin. Nbc news has called andy beshear the apparent winner in this kentuckys governors race, which will frankly send shockwaves through not just kentucky politics but through National Politics for a long time given that kentucky is a state that donald trump won in 2016 by oh, say, 30 points. Here to help us make sense of these Election Results is ms
Control of all the statewide offices in the state. Theyve also got control of the state legislature in the state and that puts democrats in complete control of Virginia State government for the first time in 26 years. Of course the further big news tonight is out of kentucky where the Democratic State attorney general andy beshear has turfed out republican incumbent governor matt bevin. Nbc news has called andy beshear the apparent winner in this governors race, which will send, frankly, shock waves through not just kentucky politics but National Politics for a long time given that kentucky is a state donald trump won in 2016 by, oh, say, 30 points. Here to help us make sense of this tonight is msnbc correspondent steve kornacki. All right. Rachel, lets begin in kentucky. Andy beshear, you just mentioned it the democrat taking out the incumbent matt bevin. This a big trump state in 2016. He won it by 30 points. He was there the other night trying to get matt bevin across the finish lin