Their grip weakened considerably in Tuesday’s gubernatorial election.
The party won the governor’s office twice and took control of both chambers of the legislature in what had been a Republican stronghold. WASHINGTON (AP) - WHY THE AP CALLED VIRGINIA FOR GLENN YOUNGKINĭemocrats became the dominant political force in Virginia over the past decade, propelled by explosive growth in the Washington, D.C., suburbs in the northern part of the state.