Liberal Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren also supported him. "We've been backing down too long in defense of our culture, and our heritage and our country".
Perriello, a former congressman who represented the Charlottesville area, was running neck and neck with Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam heading into Election Day. "Together we helped elevate mainstream ideas that should have been there all along", he said, citing his support for a $15 minimum wage as an example.
Northam's campaign ran a more traditional campaign focused heavily on his biography - rural upbringing, Army veteran, pediatric neurologist - as well as his endorsements from key progressive groups that make up the Democratic base like teachers and abortion-rights groups. To screams of "Go Tom Go!"Perriello addressed his supporters gathered at the State Theatre and urged unity against "very scary Republicans".
"If Tom wins, the political pundits will talk about progressives on the rise in 2017 and 2018 - and the resistance being strong", actor and activist Mark Ruffalo said in an email fundraiser Sunday.
"I think he has the ability to move Virginia forward like McAuliffe has", the 80-year-old said. A county board member in Prince William County, near Washington, D.C., Stewart has been a supporter of aggressively deporting undocumented immigrants. Northam hopes to continue the work he started with McAuliffe and is focusing his campaign on economic progress.
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The Democratic contest was expected to be the closer one of the night.
Meanwhile, state Democrats are already crowing about their massive advantage in turnout for the primary - almost 543,000 people voted on the Democratic side, compared to about 366,000 for Republicans.
Democrat Justin Fairfax and Republican state Sen. They have time - and with a possible win next week in Georgia and in Virginia in November, they may get a shot in the arm from donors and newly recruited candidates anxious to compete against flagging Republicans.
Gillespie campaigned off the goodwill he established with Republicans after his narrow loss to Democratic Sen. We urge everyone - regardless of party affiliation - to turn out to vote in the elections they deem most important to them, whether it be the statewide races or the local contests. Northam released a commercial in which he called Trump a "narcissistic maniac". He repeatedly attacked Gillespie, the front-runner in the GOP contest for not defending the images of the state's past. Gillespie was expected to win easily, and the close contest shows Trump's enduring appeal among GOP voters in Virginia and a potentially rocky path forward for Republicans in a state where Democrats have win every statewide election since 2009. Clinton carried the state by 6 points past year, and Trump's approval rating was at just 36 percent in a Quinnipiac University Poll in April. Trump's approval rating in Virginia, in public and private polls, is now about 35 percent, creating headwinds for Gillespie and other Republicans. We already know GOP extremists control Floyd County so the future of state government may well rest with those who disagree with the more moderate views of Northern Virginia and Tidewater. Vogel edged State Senator Bryce Reeves of Spotsylvania, and Virginia Beach Delegate Glenn Davis finished last.
Fairfax won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, defeating Gene Rossi, a retired federal prosecutor, and Susan Platt, a longtime political operative and former lobbyist. Gillespie narrowly defeated Stewart in a race that truly came down to the wire and left Gillespie victorious, but only just.
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