“We’re making a play for Virginia because we have a governor in Virginia . “I really don’t know why President Trump seems to be obsessed with attacking Virginia,” Attorney General Mark Herring (D) said. No,” said John Fredericks, a conservative radio host and chairman of Trump’s Virginia convention delegation. Because Trump’s campaign is more focused on mobilizing those Republicans than on persuading independents, Fredericks argued base-revving tweets are a better tool than broadcast ads. An enduring anti-Trump wave helped Democrats flip 15 state House seats and retain the governorship in 2017; capture three congressional seats and retain a U.S. Senate seat in 2018; and win control of the state House and Senate in 2019.

Source: Washington Post October 08, 2020 21:57 UTC