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>>> WE
>>> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING ELECTION NEWS IN VIRGINIA.
I'M LESLI 4@FOSTER.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 26 YEARS,
DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF
THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
THIS IS 4@A BIG DEAL.
VIRGINIA IS THE ONLY STATE
TRYING TO FLIP CONTROL OF BOTH
CHAMBER, AND THIS COULD
FORESHADOW THE 2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. DEMOCRAT JOHN BELL DEFEATED
REPUBLICAN GARY HIGGINS.
A 4@LOT OF YOU ARE 4@TALKING AB
THIS HOUSE OF DELEGATES RACE,
DEMOCRAT DAN HELMER BEAT
TIMOTHY HUGO.
TIMOTHY HUGO. AND THE FIRST OPENLY
TRANSGENDER PERSON TO BE
ELECTED TO THE VIRGINIA GENERAL
ASSEMBLY WON AS WELL.
AND REPUBLICAN KURT COX HELD
ONTO HIS SE4@AT IN THE HOUSE, B
NO LONGER SERVE AS THE
SPEAKER.
SPEAKER.
SPEAKER. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
BALANCE OF POWER IN VIRGINIA.
WE JUST SAW A CHANGE IN A HUGE
WAY. 4@
WAY. 4@
WAY. 4@ DEMOCRATS NOW CONTROL THE
COMMON WEALTH HOUSE AND SENATE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS.
MIKE VALERIO 4@IS HERE WITH MOR
>> YES, TO PUT 4@THIS INTO
PERSPECTIVE, 1993 IS THE LAST
TIME THAT DEMOCRATS HELD ALL OF
THE SEATS.
THE SEATS. BUT WE WANT TO TALK 4@4@ABOUT T
STATE SENATE FIRST.
THE DEMOCRATS 4@ONLY NEEDED 1
FLIPPED SEAT TO TAKE CONTROL,
AND THEY FOUND ONE IN LOUDOUN
AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTIES.
JOHN BELL SOUNDLY WON, AND ONCE
THAT HAPPENED WE REALIZED THE
DEMOCRATS WERE ON TRACK TO TAKE
THE SENATE.
THE SENATE. SO WE STARTED THE NIGHT LIKE
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. 20
THIS. 20 REPUBLICANS AND 19 DEMOCRATS
IN THE SENATE, AND IF DEMOCRATS
PICKED UP ONE SEAT OVER HERE, 4@
THEY'D 4@HAVE 20, AND THEN YOU
ADD IN DEMOCRATIC LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR JUSTIN FAIRFAX, AND
THAT PUTS DEMOCRATS OVER THE
EDGE WITH 21 VOTES IN THE 40
SEAT CHAMBER.
SEAT CHAMBER. >> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
THIS SENATE 4@SEAT.
THIS COULD BE BAD NEWS FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> YES, WE 4@WEREN'T SURE IF HE
COME UP IN CONVERSATION.
JUST KIDDING.
JUST KIDDING. THIS IS A HUGE REFERENDUM ON
HIS RACE.
HIS RACE.
HIS RACE. THE SUBURBS ARE A BATTLEGROUND
AREA FOR 2020.
LOUDOUN AND PRINCE WILLIAM
COUNTIES ARE SO COMPETITIVE,
AND THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
HERE, GARY HIGGINS, IS THE ONLY
4@REPUBLICAN WHO P4@RESIDENT 4@
EXPLICITLY BACKED ON TWITTER
THIS CYCLE.
THIS CYCLE. SO HE 4@4@WAS DEFEATED.
DEMOCRATS WILL SEE IN A
COMPETITIVE SUBURBAN DISTRICT
LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE HERE,
TRUMP TOUCHING ANY OF THOSE
CANDIDATES IS ESSENTIALLY
TOXIC. 4@
TOXIC. 4@
TOXIC. 4@ >> LET'4@S TALK THE BIG PICTURE
NOW WITH DEMOCRATS TAKING
CONTROL 4@OF 4@BOTH THE HOUSE A
THE SENATE, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
FOR VIRGINIA?
FOR VIRGINIA? >> KEEP IN MIND ALL THE
PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE THAT
HAVE FAILED IN RECENT YEARS
UNDER REPUBLICAN CONTROL.
THESE WILL HAVE NEW LIFE.
GUN CONTROL, ABORTION RIGHTS,
PROTECTIONS FOR THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY AND WOMEN AGAINST
DISCRIMINATION.
DISCRIMINATION. THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN
CONSISTENTLY VOTED DOWN BY
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. WITH DEMOCRATS IN THE DRIVER'S @
SEAT, THAT ALL CHANGES.
EXPECT THE GOVERNOR TOMORROW
EARLY IN THE MORNING TO
ANNOUNCE 4@4@THE INITIATIVES.
>> AND AT THIS POINT THERE ARE
NO REPUBLICANS REPRESENTING
NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA. >> THAT'S RIGHT, WE HAVE DAN
HELMER WHO WE TALKED ABOUT AT
THE START OF BROADCAST.
WE THOUGHT PERHAPS THERE WAS
SOME INTERNAL POLLING POINTING
TO THE FACT THAT HE MIGHT LOSE,
BUT TIM HUGO IS THE ONLY
REPUBLICAN WHO UP UNTIL TONIGHT
REPRESENTED NORTHERN VIRGINIA
IN 4@THE STAT4@E HOUSE.
HE LOST HANDILY TO DAN HELMER
WHO'S AN OXFORD GRAD, WEST
POINT GRAD, AND AFGHANISTAN
VETERAN.
VETERAN.
VETERAN. HE VANQUISHED TIM HUGO.
THERE ARE NO REPUBLICANS
REPRESENTING NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
IT'S A BLUE WAVE IF