Dem Jennifer T. Wexton defeats Rep. Barbara Comstock, turning a GOP stronghold district in Virginia
Democrat Jennifer T. Wexton defeats Rep. Barbara Comstock, turning a GOP stronghold district in Virginia blue
By Jenna Portnoy November 6 at 10:19 PM
Democrat Jennifer T. Wexton defeated Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), ending nearly four decades of Republican control of a key Northern Virginia seat.
By capitalizing on President Trump’s unpopularity, Wexton, a state senator and former prosecutor, won 56 percent of the vote compared with Comstock, who won 44 percent, with almost all precincts reporting.
She won by portraying the congresswoman as a Trump ally who was out of touch with a well-educated, diverse electorate that has begun to shift the district to the left.
“Change is coming to America, and change is coming to Virginia 10, and that change came tonight!” Wexton told cheering supporters at her victory party. “We demand a better nation, a nation where we treat each other with dignity and with respect.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/comstock-vs-wexton-virginias-10th-congressional-district-race/2018/11/06/f3d406ca-deb6-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html