By Stephen Farnsworth and Stephen Hanna
There’s an old saying that there is not much one can learn from the second kick of a mule. In Virginia’s 2018 Senate race, the Commonwealth’s voters provided the Republican Party of Virginia with its ninth mule kick in a row.
U.S. Senator Tim’s Kaine’s 14-point victory margin on November 6 marked the ninth consecutive statewide election where the Republican Party has come up short: Democrats won all three elections for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general in both 2013 and 2017 as well as the US Senate races of 2012, 2014 and 2018.
Link to column A changing Virginia – and an unchanging Republican Party (Opinion Column, Free Lance-Star)
By Stephen Farnsworth and Stephen Hanna
There’s an old saying that there is not much one can learn from the second kick of a mule. In Virginia’s 2018 Senate race, the Commonwealth’s voters provided the Republican Party of Virginia with its ninth mule kick in a row.
U.S. Senator Tim’s Kaine’s 14-point victory margin on November 6 marked the ninth consecutive statewide election where the Republican Party has come up short: Democrats won all three elections for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general in both 2013 and 2017 as well as the US Senate races of 2012, 2014 and 2018.
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