Midterm Election Sends Warning Signal to GOP for 2018

A tide of anti-Trump suburban votes gave Democrats victories in all of Tuesday's big off-year races from Virginia to Washington State and sent a warning signal for 2018 to the Republican majority in the House of Representatives.In the headline contest for governor of Virginia, the big winners were a mild-mannered former military pediatrician, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam; his politically ambitious sponsor, outgoing Gov. Terry McAuliffe; and a spate of underdog Democrats who unexpectedly captured more than a dozen GOP legislative seats.But the election's principal long-term impact may be its effect on its two biggest losers, President Donald Trump and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.  Continue reading...

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