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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017 ELECTION 2017 5A Virginia rejects ‘Trumpism’ Democrat with as Dems score major victories early lead in By STEVE PEOPLES and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Seiz- ing his party’s fi rst major Trump-era victory, Democrat Ralph Northam beat back a charge from Republican Ed Gillespie in the race for Vir- ginia governor, a bruising election that tested the power of President Donald Trump’s fi ery nationalism against the energy of the Trump resistance. In Virginia, as in several contests across America on Tuesday, the Trump resistance won. And it wasn’t close. Northam, a pediatric neu- rologist and Army veteran, defeated longtime Republi- can operative Gillespie in the hard-fought contest. “I’m here to let you know that the doctor is in,” a smiling Northam told supporters gathered in subur- ban Washington, D.C., for his victory speech. “As long as I’m governor, I will work hard to make sure we’re inclusive.” He added, “Virginia has told us to end the divisiveness, that we do not condone hatred and bigotry and to end the pol- itics that have torn this coun- try apart.” Northam’s victory set off overnight recriminations and fi nger-pointing among Trump’s hardcore supporters. The pro-Trump website Bre- itbart News, which had ear- lier praised Gillespie as a “cul- ture warrior,” derided him as a “Republican swamp thing.” Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, said North- ern Virginia’s voter-rich liberal suburbs should be annexed by the District of Columbia, “to return the governance of (Vir- ginia) to Virginians.” Democrats also scored vic- tories in the race for New Jer- sey governor and in Maine, where voters slapped the state’s Republican governor, a Trump ally, by backing a mea- sure to expand Medicaid cov- erage under former President Barack Obama’s health care law. The Democratic mayors of New York and Boston, both vocal Trump critics, also won re-election easily. And Virginia voters elected the state’s fi rst openly-trans- gender state representative, among more than a dozen THE DAILY ASTORIAN AP Photo/Cliff Owen Virginia Gov.-elect Ralph Northam celebrates his election victory with his wife Pam and daughter Aubrey, right, and Dorothy McAuliffe, wife of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. AP Photo/Julio Cortez New Jersey gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy cele- brates while speaking to supporters during his election night victory party at the Asbury Park Convention Hall. state legislative pickups for Democrats. The resounding victories marked the GOP’s most sig- nifi cant day of defeat in the young Trump presidency and a rebuke to the president him- self as his party eyes a sud- denly more threatening mid- term election season next year. The Democratic guberna- torial victories in Virginia and New Jersey prompted congrat- ulations from Obama, who tweeted Wednesday morning, “This is what happens when the people vote.” Obama also congratulated “all the victors in state legislative, county and mayors’ races.” “The Democratic Party is back, my friends,” said Dem- ocratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez. Perez said the key to his party’s success in Tueday’s elections was fi elding good candidates and thorough orga- nizing efforts. “Organizing matters,” Perez told MSNBC’s “Morn- ing Joe.” ‘’This was the most extensive, coordinated ground game in Virginia history, more extensive than any presidential ... Terry McAuliffe did a spec- tacular job four years ago, and they did that much more.” Trump immediately tried to distance himself from the loss. “Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for,” Trump tweeted Tuesday night as he toured Asia, noting that the GOP won a handful of special elections earlier in the year. “With the economy doing record numbers, we will con- tinue to win, even bigger than before!” Despite the criticism, Gillespie did, in more ways than one, embrace what Trump stands for, even if he didn’t WANTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber Northwest Hardwoods • Longview, WA Contact: John Anderson • 360-269-2500 (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) key Washington Senate race By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Democrat took a strong lead in a state Senate race that will determine the balance of power at the Washington Cap- itol — and if the results hold Washington will join Oregon and California with Demo- cratic one-party rule in both legislative chambers and the governor’s offi ce. Manka Dhingra was lead- ing Republican Jinyoung Lee Englund with 55 percent of the vote Tuesday night. Under the state’s vote-by-mail sys- tem, ballots just need to be postmarked or dropped off by Tuesday, which means fi nal results may not be known for days. The next ballot update is set for late Wednesday afternoon. Republicans, with the help of a Democrat who caucuses with them, currently control the Senate by a single seat. Democrats hold a slim major- ity in the House. The race for the 45th Dis- trict, one of eight special elec- tions for the state Legislature this year, has broken all pre- vious legislative spending records in the state because of the signifi cance of the out- come. As of Monday, more than $8.7 million had been spent on the race, with much of it — about $5.9 million — being spent by third-party groups. Englund said that because of the state’s vote-by-mail system and the intense national focus on the race, she believes that many of the dis- trict’s inundated voters got A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times Democrat Manka Dhingra, running for state Senator for the 45th District, greets supporters in Woodinville, Wash., Tuesday. their ballots in later and that the gap will tighten as more votes are counted. “This is a very big deci- sion” for voters, she said. “The race isn’t about me. It’s about the balance of power.” But Dhingra said she was confi dent the results would hold, calling it “a victory by a very wide margin.” She said that while she believes voters had more than President Donald Trump on their mind while casting their ballots, but said she does believe that the national polit- ical environment helped ener- gize voters. “I think people are realiz- ing they cannot be bystanders anymore,” she said. “I think this is what you get when people are awake and paying attention.” Dhingra, a 43-year-old senior deputy prosecut- ing attorney with the King County Prosecutor’s Offi ce, also had a 10-point lead over Englund in August’s top-two primary as both advanced to the November ballot. Smith Lake Improvement Association in partnership with Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting a public safety forum Topic to be addressed: Current criminal activity in the community. Thursday November 9 th · 7-8 pm Warrenton High School Library 1700 S. Main Warrenton SCHEDULE W EDNESDAY E VENING A welcome Trump into the state to rally voters on his behalf. The Republican president played a marginal role in Vir- ginia, largely because Repub- licans on the ground did not want him there, a state he lost last fall, as his approval rat- ings hover near record lows. The White House instead dispatched Vice President Mike Pence to help Gilles- pie, although Trump promised Gillespie would “make Amer- ica great again” in a recorded phone message that went to voters on the election’s fi nal day. Gillespie, a former aide to President George W. Bush and GOP presidential nomi- nee Mitt Romney, largely rein- vented himself as Election Day neared by adopting many of Trump’s racially-tinged nationalist positions. Gilles- pie warned of the dangers of the Hispanic street gang, MS-13, and highlighted its motto, “Kill, Rape, Control” in a television ad. The New Jersey native vowed to protect Confederate monuments. And he condemned the national anthem protests by NFL play- ers, the vast majority of them black. Liberal activists cheered their successes as evidence of the anti-Trump energy on the ground nationwide they have long insisted was real, despite poor results in special elec- tions in deep-red Montana, Georgia and South Carolina. “This is the fi rst fair fi ght we’ve had. The special elec- tions that we’ve had so far have been incredibly slanted to the conservative side,” said Ezra Levin, co-founder of the liberal group Indivisible, which had hundreds of vol- unteers and a handful of paid staff on the ground in Virginia. “There is a wave building. And 2018 is just around the corner.” In New Jersey, Democrat Phil Murphy trounced Repub- lican Lt. Gov. Kim Gua- dagno, who served under the term-limited, deeply unpopu- lar GOP Gov. Chris Christie. Evening listings WEDNESDAY N OVEMBER 8 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 (Nm KATU News (Nm (:35m J. 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