GOP's Blowout Win Has Virginia Democrats Sweating Their Gerrymander Gamble
Trust is earned, not demanded.
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There's a little bit of good news to report out of Virginia this Wednesday morning that might be a harbinger for how the April 21 gerrymandering referendum being pushed by Democrats will fare. Republican Andrew Rice has won a special election in Virginia's 98th House District and will now succeed the late GOP Del. Barry Knight, who died last month after representing the Virginia Beach area for over a decade.
Rice, a deputy commonwealth's attorney, beat his Democrat opponent, Cheryl Smith, by a whopping 25 points; the latest numbers show Rice clocking in with 62.46 percent of the vote compared to Smith's 37.5 percent.
Going into Tuesday's election, the district was generally considered a safe seat for Republicans, so the win by Rice is not altogether shocking; it's the margin of his win that tells the story. When Ms. Smith took on Rice's predecessor, Del. Knight, last November, she garnered 43.2 percent of the vote – that's a significant drop for the Democrat, whose party tends to turn out in droves for special elections (just as the GOP tends to stay home for them).
Trust is earned, not demanded.
Excerpt:
There's a little bit of good news to report out of Virginia this Wednesday morning that might be a harbinger for how the April 21 gerrymandering referendum being pushed by Democrats will fare. Republican Andrew Rice has won a special election in Virginia's 98th House District and will now succeed the late GOP Del. Barry Knight, who died last month after representing the Virginia Beach area for over a decade.
Rice, a deputy commonwealth's attorney, beat his Democrat opponent, Cheryl Smith, by a whopping 25 points; the latest numbers show Rice clocking in with 62.46 percent of the vote compared to Smith's 37.5 percent.
Going into Tuesday's election, the district was generally considered a safe seat for Republicans, so the win by Rice is not altogether shocking; it's the margin of his win that tells the story. When Ms. Smith took on Rice's predecessor, Del. Knight, last November, she garnered 43.2 percent of the vote – that's a significant drop for the Democrat, whose party tends to turn out in droves for special elections (just as the GOP tends to stay home for them).
GOP's Blowout Win Has Virginia Democrats Sweating Their Gerrymander Gamble
Trust is earned, not demanded.
Excerpt:
There's a little bit of good news to report out of Virginia this Wednesday morning that might be a harbinger for how the April 21 gerrymandering referendum being pushed by Democrats will fare. Republican Andrew Rice has won a special election in Virginia's 98th House District and will now succeed the late GOP Del. Barry Knight, who died last month after representing the Virginia Beach area for over a decade.
Rice, a deputy commonwealth's attorney, beat his Democrat opponent, Cheryl Smith, by a whopping 25 points; the latest numbers show Rice clocking in with 62.46 percent of the vote compared to Smith's 37.5 percent.
Going into Tuesday's election, the district was generally considered a safe seat for Republicans, so the win by Rice is not altogether shocking; it's the margin of his win that tells the story. When Ms. Smith took on Rice's predecessor, Del. Knight, last November, she garnered 43.2 percent of the vote – that's a significant drop for the Democrat, whose party tends to turn out in droves for special elections (just as the GOP tends to stay home for them).
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