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A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for Virginia and New Jersey

Out-Party Fundamentals Are About to Open a Can of Whoop Ass on the GOP

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Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer πŸ“ˆπŸ”­
Sep 04, 2025
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Sometimes life comes full circle.

Almost ten years ago, I was putting out a forecast in 2017 projecting a big win for Democrat Ralph Northam over his Republican opponent, Ed Gillespie in the 2017 Virginia gubernatorial race.

That race was widely treatedβ€”by media and the conventional wisdomβ€”as a knife-edge toss-up. Yet my polling with Quentin Kidd at the …

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