On November 8, Virginia elected its legislature. Libertarian Party nominee Mike R. Kane, running in the 41st House seat in Fairfax County in a two-person race, polled 31.5% of the vote. The incumbent Democrat, Eileen Filler-Corn, won the election. The Washington Post had endorsed Filler-Corn and had dismissed Kane with a single sentence, that he “is no match” for the incumbent, without specifying why. See this editorial (scroll down to the 41st district endorsement).
Kane is the first Libertarian nominee for the Virginia legislature to poll higher than 28.9%. The Libertarian Party has been running candidates for the Virginia legislature since 1979. The returns aren’t official yet and could change slightly when they are official. Thanks to Independent Political Report for this news.
ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymanders in ALL States.
First gerrymander – happened to be in VA
Gerrymander district plantations along the James River.
What sayeth the VA ghosts of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mason, Henry, etc. ???
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