can democrats flip that? can democrats flip the state senate? they re only one seat off there. to put that in bigger perspective, it s the story of virginia going from a republican bastion, these are presidential election results going back to the 60s. it switched in 2008. if democrats can win a state legislature in virginia tonight on top of the governorship, on top of these presidential results, you re really seeing the transformation of virginia from red to blue. and virginia, such a key indicator. guess who was in virginia on sunday. joe biden exchange with terry mcauliffe, the very popular former democratic governor who had even been talked about as a possible presidential contender but wouldn t run once biden was running because they re both moderates. i would keep an eye on terry mcauliffe especially in that legislature turns democratic. he could run again, he was term limited the first time but he could run again after being out
ralph northam. so that mattered. even in atlanta, a woman for mayor, in charlotte, a mayor s race. a bunch of places around the country where we saw women really surge yesterday. what did you see? it was such an interesting race. i saw ed gillespie the night before the election. he is actually a very impressive candidate. ed northam wouldn t exactly set the world on fire. and he flip-flopped on a totally unnecessarily on the issue of sanctuary cities. so that made the democrats victory even more of a surprise. for me, the real story of yesterday was how much better their turnout operation was. the democrats spent a lot of money in the northern suburbs on turnout and it paid off. they got people to the polls. the anti-trump feeling mattered but getting, translating that into wins was a structural issue for the democrats. and that s i think the story of
upset at the treatment of what does winning do to party fracturing? winning helps. is it a band-aid? breaking news! we need help. obviously does it make it go away? do you still have to deal with it or make it easier? the story of virginia i think is the story of the democratic party on the rebound. because tom paperriello. two candidates, agree on just about everything, run a spirited campaign, record turn out. on the republican side, disunity. gillespie wins by one point. that story actually wasn t told. corey stewart loses declays i don t believe in unity. as we came forward we saw that unity continued. i met so many people. spend 700 miles in my car over