".. Despite all Republican efforts to win this election by underhanded
means, such as having a special election where voter turnout was
expected to be extremely low, the usual Republican ploys did not
prevail. Four percent turnout was anticipated and the Democrats rallied
and raised that figure to ten percent. 62,000 votes were cast, in excess
of the 50,000 max figure that was anticipated. Of those votes cast,
41,000 were for Keys-Gamarra and 21,000 for Grisafe. That’s a
comfortable margin to win by."
".. But this election means so much more. This was the first election in the
country post Charlottesville and the fact that the electorate was
galvanized to get out the vote and put a fine Democrat in office is not
to be taken lightly. A message has been sent to Washington and not via
Western Union. If Donald Trump and the GOP don’t get it, then we’ll just
have to keep winning elections until they do get it and “it” is this:
America is not going backwards. The blacks are not going back to the
ghetto, nor the gays to the closets, nor the disabled to hiding in the
shadows, nor all the plans that Donald Trump, David Duke, Richard
Spencer and their ilk were rubbing their small hands together about in
eager anticipation. It’s not going to happen...
Read further commentary at https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/29/1694453/-Trump-Just-Got-Slapped-In-The-Face-Landslide-Win-For-Democrats-In-Fairfax-County-Tonight?detail=emaildkre
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