APDemocrats have taken full control of the Virginia legislature for the first time in more than two decades, while the race for governor in deeply Republican Kentucky was too close to call despite a last-minute boost from US President Donald Trump. In Kentucky, Democratic challenger Andy Beshear on Tuesday held a narrow lead and declared victory in the race over Republican Governor Matt Bevin, though Bevin had not conceded. In Virginia, Democrats flipped control of the state Senate and House, gaining outright control of government in a state that is often a battleground for the White House. “I’m here to officially declare today, Nov. 5, 2019, that Virginia is officially blue,” Virginia Governor Ralph Northam told a crowd of supporters in Richmond. Trump’s presidential campaign manager tried to find a positive frame for the results in a state Trump won by 30 percentage points in 2016.

Source: Taipei Times November 06, 2019 16:01 UTC