NEWSMAX: …[Democratic state Senator Mark ]Herring defeated Republican state Senator Mark Obenshain by 165 votes, or about 0.007 percent out of more than 2.2 million votes cast statewide in the Nov. 5 election, official results showed.
Obenshain said in a statement that he would be considering whether to ask for a recount. Virginia law allows him 10 days to make the request…
His victory gives Democrats a sweep in statewide elections. Democratic fundraiser Terry McAuliffe won the closely watched governor’s race and state Senator Ralph Northam took the lieutenant governorship… (more)
EDITOR: Herring, and the rest of the elected Democrat slate, can thank the right wing of the Republican Party for shutting down the federal government weeks before the election and putting federal employees who live in Virginia out of work.
