After perusing the post-race coverage of last week’s legislative elections in Virginia, one would be forgiven for believing it was a blowout loss for Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and Republicans. “What an epic failure,” a morning show pundit
opined
. “Devastating loss,” an article headline
declared
. One local news site
called
it “Youngkin’s Big Fat …Belly Flop.”
Of course, they were right insofar as Tuesday’s results represented an overall loss for the GOP. However, it was hardly a decisive rout. Although races remain to be called, if current results hold, it appears Democrats will hold a bare 51-49 seat majority in the House of Delegates. And in the state Senate, Democrats are projected to lose a seat, decreasing their majority to an equally slim 21-19. Given that Republicans hold the tiebreak in both chambers, only one flipped race in each would have handed…
