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Democrat Ralph Northam Wins Virginia Gubernatorial Election

ELECTION NIGHT 2017

Defeating Republican Ed Gillespie.

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Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) won the state’s gubernatorial election on Tuesday night, defeating Republican candidate Ed Gillespie. Democrats were casting the victory as a rebuke to President Donald Trump, who threw his arms around Gillespie by tweeting his support and recording robo-calls. But the president did not campaign alongside Gillespie in the state where Hillary Clinton defeated him by nearly five points in 2016.

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