Ralph Northam rebuffs Trumpism in Virginia gubernatorial win.

 ARLINGTON, Va. — Democratic voters in Virginia left no doubt Tuesday night: They are highly motivated to rebuke President Trump.

Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam’s overwhelming victory in the gubernatorial election put to rest the idea that anti-Trump energy would be wasted in the type of race where Democrats traditionally don’t show up in significant numbers.

Northam, a Democrat and the state’s current lieutenant governor, handily defeated Republican Ed Gillespie by nearly nine percentage points, outpacing polls that showed him with a slimmer lead heading into the contest.

In his victory speech before a jubilant crowd at George Mason University in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., Northam referenced the bitterly fought campaign.

By Jon Ward.

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