dan mericka. yesterday some pretty big rallies and both sides brought out a pretty good crowd. yeah, a big event here today in charlottesville where behind me the dave matthews band performed and stacey abrams spoke on mcauliffe s behalf. it s interesting the difference between the final messages and the similarities. a lot of voters said i don t want virginia to become california and that s what they expect will happen if terry mcauliffe is elected and serves a second term as governor and here at a dave matthews band concert surrounded by mcauliffe voters that you heard folks worry that the commonwealth of virginia will become more like texas, more like georgia, more like states that have had years of republican control and abrams spoke direct throw that from georgia obviously. take a listen to what she said about the future of the commonwealth if youngkin wins. if you want to figure out what could happen to you in nine
greatest indicator of what s going to happen. the greatest thing was 2013 when terry s opponent won. they often go with the party who doesn t hold the white house. that year mcauliffe won by 2.5 points. of course, the republicans had a great year. in 2017 racket northam won, but in 2009 bob mcdonald won where the virginia governor s race was a predeterminer of the election. whether youngkin wins by one or mcauliffe wins by one or could be that close, i don t know that it changes or analysis of the election all that much. if indeed it s close, that it s a big swing from 2020.
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Winsome Sears beat five other candidates for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in Virginia, including former Del. Tim Hugo from Fairfax County and Virginia Beach Del. Glenn Davis. (Derek Hatfield/Shutterstock)
VIRGINIA Former Virginia Del. Winsome Sears, who served as the national chairperson of Black Americans to Re-elect President Trump, was declared the winner Tuesday night of the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in Virginia.
The Republican Party of Virginia held an unassembled convention on Saturday to choose the party s nominees for statewide office.
Sears beat five other candidates, including former Del. Tim Hugo from Fairfax County and Virginia Beach Del. Glenn Davis. Davis is the candidate who filed a defamation lawsuit against an unknown defendant over a text message sent to voters who registered for the GOP convention that called him a Gay Democrat.