In the era of Donald Trump, Republican candidates across the country seem to be shaping themselves in the populist, antiestablishment mold of the president, or trying to show voters they are of a more traditional GOP strand. The Virginia governor’s race will test a different theory: Can you win by splitting the difference? Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie will be pressing that idea in the Nov. 7 election in a state that gives him little other choice. Virginia was the only southern state Mr. Trump didn’t win in...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 27, 2017 19:11 UTC