“Northam had all the tail winds pushing him forward,” said Pete Snyder, a prominent Virginia tech entrepreneur who serves as chair of Gillespie’s campaign. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Virginia’s lieutenant governor, Ralph Northam, greets supporters during an election rally in Richmond on Monday. Photograph: Julia Rendleman/ReutersIn contrast, Trump was invoked repeatedly at a Democratic rally in Norfolk the night before the election. “I don’t think Virginia has ever witnessed as negative a campaign as Ed Gillespie is running, things like ads saying that I support MS-13 gangs. Northam also insisted that he would try to work with Trump on issues of mutual agreement like “building up the military”.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2017 13:41 UTC