Virginia City That Voted Obama Twice Throw Democrats Out Of Office

Three Democratic members of the Staunton, Virginia, city council were ousted by Republicans on Tuesday despite receiving more votes than they did four years ago.

Republican candidates Mark Robertson, Amy Darby, and Steve Claffey all joined incumbent Andrea Oakes in a four-seat GOP sweep, WHSV reported. The three incoming council members replaced Democratic incumbents Erik Curren, Ophie Kier, and James Harrington all almost doubled their vote totals from 2016, yet still lost.

Local outlet Augusta Free Press reporter Chris Graham called the results “stunning almost beyond words.”

“Democrats got their voters out better than they have in a May cycle in years,” Graham wrote. “Republicans got turnout more akin to, not quite a presidential year, but approaching gubernatorial.”
Source: Daily Caller
Ralph Northam by Lee District Democratic Committee is licensed under Flickr Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

Gun Dynamics® in the Media

Fox Business
OANN
Nasdaq
NRATV
reuters
NYT
GUN WORLD
AAN
yahoo
guns.com
Newsmax
newstage
wallstreet reporter
investing.com
compuserve
baltimore post
presscorp
Longroom
rocketnews
Forextv
peoples trust toronto
srn news
Circa
bitcoinlove
Christian Science Monitor
The Gun Feed
yournews