Commentary: In this year’s midterms, the rest of the country learned what Virginia has known for a while

By: Bob Lewis

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 1,193

Last Updated: 3 days, 10 hours ago

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Maybe the rest of America finally caught on to what Virginia has known for 10 years.

Voters handed Democrats a historic, sweeping victory not only in swing-state contests but in the most reliably Republican states Tuesday. And the reason is unambiguous: President Donald Trump.

Welcome aboard. We in the Old Dominion have been waiting for you.

Democrats won Congress. Now they have to figure out how to deal with Trump.

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