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Ed Gillespie
6 Takeaways From Glenn Youngkin’s Win in Virginia Early data suggests the Republican governor-elect benefited from higher turnout in pro-GOP areas and among white working-class voters in particular.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Revises 2017 Election History, Predicts GOP Win in 2018 Since Trump can never be wrong, he’s treating 2017’s special elections as one long GOP triumph, which will be repeated next November.
By Ed Kilgore
The GOP’s Biggest Problem Is Not Its Candidates, But Its President Trump can’t accept that he is damaging his party down-ballot. And that could send his party off in search of illusory “fixes.”
By Ed Kilgore
Ed Gillespie Is Sad He Was Forced to Run Racist Ads in Virginia Governor’s Race Poor Ed Gillespie. He wanted to run on his economic-development plans, but they “didn’t move numbers.”
By Ed Kilgore
Ed Gillespie Played Himself With Twitter Balloons The candidate jumped the gun with a social-media celebration.
By Brian Feldman
Why Northam’s Win in Virginia Was So Impressive He didn’t just eke out a victory, he improved on Clinton’s numbers in the state — and that’s very promising for Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Nov. 7, 2017
By Jonathan Chait
It’s All About Turnout: Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates Rev Up Their Bases In a contest with huge implications for 2018, it’s coming down the stretch to a battle of turnout operations.
By Ed Kilgore
There’s a Lot at Stake in the VA Governor’s Race — and Democrats Are Worried Polls are now very tight in a nasty culture-war campaign. If Republican Ed Gillespie wins, look out in 2018.
By Ed Kilgore
Northam Now Saying He’d Ban Sanctuary Cities — If There Were Any in Virginia One of Ed Gillespie’s attack lines accuses his opponent of favoring sanctuary cities. It seems to have drawn blood.
By Ed Kilgore
Race-Baiting 2017 GOP Campaigns Could Infect the 2018 Elections The racist campaigns the GOP is running in Virginia and New Jersey could spread everywhere next year.
By Ed Kilgore
Will the Obama Coalition Turn Out in 2018? Virginia Might Offer Some Clues Non-presidential election falloff in the base is a long-standing problem for Democrats that they haven’t clearly solved.
By Ed Kilgore
Virginia Democrats Spooked by Fears of a Falloff in Turnout Virginia Democrats are haunted by Trump’s 2016 win. But they’re also bugged by the turnout falloff that nearly beat them in 2013 and 2014.
By Ed Kilgore
New Polls Show Crazy End to 2017 Elections Is Possible The GOP is threatening to win in newly blue Virginia, while a Democrat is doing well in deep-red Alabama. Clear lessons from 2017 may be hard to find.
By Ed Kilgore
Democrats Panicking Over Virginia Show Signs of Post-Trump Stress Disorder Every indicator shows Northam poised to win the Virginia governor’s race. But so did the indicators for Hillary Clinton, which has Democrats spooked.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Tweets His Way Into the Virginia Governor’s Race The same day a new poll shows the Democratic candidate taking a big lead.
By Ed Kilgore
The Democrats’ Losing Streak Will Likely End in November The party needs a win in a nationally significant and competitive contest. There is still hope this year.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Ultra Corey Stewart Throws Scare Into Conventional Republicans Everywhere What Dave Brat did for Tea Party insurgents in 2014, Corey Stewart may have done for Trump fans going into 2018: create a deep fear of primaries.
By Ed Kilgore
Northam Beats Perriello in Virginia Democratic Primary The Virginia Democratic Establishment candidate for governor won on the strength of a solid performance among African-Americans and key swing regions.
By Ed Kilgore
The Democratic Primary in the Virginia Governor Race Is Getting Very Interesting The winner will be general-election favorite. Some observers see a distinct Bernie versus Hillary flavor to it.
By Ed Kilgore
Failing GOP Candidate in VA Shows Limits to Attacks on ‘Political Correctness’ Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Corey Stewart seems to have gone too far by running on the Confederacy.
By Ed Kilgore
Virginia Governor’s Race Is Good Test for Post-Trump Election Strategy It’s early yet, and both parties have gubernatorial primaries, but Virginia’s likely to join New Jersey in showing an anti-Trump off-year backlash.
By Ed Kilgore
stuck in the mittle
Oct. 14, 2012
By Caroline Bankoff
bain of his existence
July 15, 2012
By Caroline Bankoff
stuck in the mittle
July 15, 2012
Bill Kristol Thinks Mitt Romney Should Release More Tax Returns [Updated] The conservative pundit called the candidate’s position on the matter “crazy.”
By Caroline Bankoff
company town
May 20, 2008
Will the Fallout From a Failed Hedge Fund Steal the Smile From Vikram Pandit’s Face? The Citigroup CEO struggles with a hedge fund that lost hundreds of millions of dollars, the White House claims NBC’s Knesset footage was edited to make Bush look like a jerk, and noogies are legally defined, all in our daily rundown of industry news.