Updated at 11:44 p.m. ET
Democrat Ralph Northam has easily won the Virginia governor’s race, defeating Republican Ed Gillespie in a stinging rebuke to President Trump.
The surprisingly early call in what was expected to be a much closer contest portended a very good night for Democrats in the Old Dominion and across the country. And one year after the 2016 presidential contest, Democrats finally got a signature victory after long boasting of rising opposition to Trump that hadn’t paid off with wins in other high-profile races this year.
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