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Virginia goes completely Democratic in special election

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Post by Original Quill Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:54 pm

Yesterday, Virginia, in a special election, has broken with southern states and gone completely over to the Democrats.  Now their governor and their Legislature is in the hands of the Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-virginia-elections.html

The electoral march started in 2018, is still as strong as ever.  A lot of it is anti-Trump, but a substantial amount is from shifts in the independent base.

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Post by Maddog Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:53 pm

Morrissey was jailed four years ago after the sex scandal involving his secretary, who Morrissey later married. The couple now has three children.

He denied wrongdoing but entered an Alford plea to a misdemeanor, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, acknowledging that prosecutors had enough evidence for a conviction.

Morrissey lost a 2016 campaign to be Richmond’s mayor and had his law license revoked last year.

Morrissey launched a bid for a Richmond-area state Senate seat in April and won the Democratic primary in June.

He'll now represent parts of Richmond, Chesterfield County, Petersburg, Hopewell, Prince George County, and Dinwiddie County.

https://wset.com/news/at-the-capitol/virginia-lawmaker-jailed-for-teen-sex-scandal-wins-senate-seat
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Post by 'Wolfie Wed Nov 06, 2019 11:56 pm

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Had an 'underage' girlfriend, they make him a senator...

If he married his sister, maybe he'd be running for el presidente ?
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Post by Original Quill Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:13 am

'Wolfie wrote:Virginia goes completely Democratic in special election 1366281442

Had an 'underage' girlfriend, they make him a senator...

If he married his sister, maybe he'd be running for el presidente ?

I'm reminded of the John Grisham novel, made into a movie: A Time to Kill.  In Canton, Mississippi, a young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.

The State tried to discredit the physician called as a defense expert, by pointing out he had sex with an under aged girl.  Similar to this, it turned out she was his wife of decades.

From the stand he said, in a thick southern accent: I kin s'plain.

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