George Vomvolakis talks with his son Michael, 14, after the Virginia gubernatorial race was called for Democrat Ralph Northam in Richmond, Va. Democrats in Virginia coasted to their biggest win in decades. (Julia Rendleman/Reuters)Area Democrats crowded it for a celebration of electoral dominance in several state races Tuesday, high-fiving, hollering and hoping that, just maybe, the Donald Trump-era Republican party is eminently beatable. It's been almost three decades since Virginia state races hit 50 per cent turnout. If the racial-messaging tack were to prove successful in Virginia, they predicted it would alter the Republican party. Virginia Gov.-elect Ralph Northam celebrates his election victory with his wife Pam and daughter Aubrey, right, and Dorothy McAuliffe, wife of Virginia Gov.

Source: CBC News November 08, 2017 01:17 UTC