If this holds...

Herring declares victory, recount possible


BY MARKUS SCHMIDT AND ANDREW CAIN
Richmond Times-Dispatch

Mark Herring, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, declared
victory late Tuesday night, but Republican Mark Obenshain did not
concede and the razor-thin contest could be headed for a recount.

As of 11:30 p.m., the unofficial State Board of Elections tally had
Herring up by 106 votes.

Herring released his statement after the tally of provisional votes in
Fairfax County added a net gain of 57 votes for the Democrat, which
would give him a lead of 163 votes out of 2.2 million cast.

If Herring prevails, come January Democrats will hold all five of
Virginia's statewide offices -- two U.S. Senate seats, governor,
lieutenant governor and attorney general -- for the first time since 1969.
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It's significant not because the three Dems running for statewide office
in Virginia won. It's significant because the three candidates who were
defeated were ultra-conservative, anti-woman, right-winger tea party
endorsed candidates and they were selected not in a primary but at the
party's state convention, which, in Virginia, is dominated by the Tea
Party. In other words, the Tea Party lost...and that is good for
Virginians and Americans.

There was another Republican candidate for governor who probably would
have won, most political observers agree. But because of Tea Party
control, his candidacy was not viable at the GOP state convention and he
withdrew.






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