WP:In the Suburbs, Backlash Against Republicans Hits Hard

[spooky3]

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/08/AR2005110802176.html

By Steven Ginsberg
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 9, 2005; Page A14

An anti-Republican sentiment spread across Northern Virginia yesterday as voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots for Democrats, sweeping aside the traditional Virginia formula in which Republicans carry the outer suburbs and Democrats win the inner ones.

In winning the election for governor, Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) took Loudoun and Prince William counties, something Mark R. Warner (D) couldn't accomplish when he was elected governor four years ago. Kaine also received nearly three in four votes in Arlington and seven in 10 in Alexandria.

Kaine, a Richmond native with no ties to the region, collected a higher percentage of Northern Virginia votes -- nearly six in 10 -- than that compiled by Alexandria resident Warner when he won the governorship.

Meanwhile, several area House of Delegates races that were expected to be close or go to Republicans were instead won easily by Democrats.

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[wakeme2008]

1. Repugs lost big time

just not a couple governor races. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[thefloyd]

2. Looks like Hackett's campaign was not an abberation

Looking at the vote breakdown by county in Virginia and Hackett's close race in a heavily conservative district Conservatives should worry after
tonight

[Greeby]

3. Bring on CA-48 next month!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[spooky3]

5. the bad news is that Rethugs picked up some Dem seats

in other parts of the state, so the net gain to Dems in the state house was just 1, after pundits were predicting 3 or 4 earlier in the evening.

We will have to deal with a Rethug Lt. Governor, and it's not clear how the attorney general race will come out but the Pat Robertson-sponsored RWer was ahead.

It's hard to interpret these mixed results.

[win_in_06]

4. I'm Proud to live in NOVA!

[Cha]

6. A spent a few days

in Richmond, Virginia in the summer of 2004 and had a great time..I'm so happy for them!