Virginia

Photo Five things the Virginia election results don't mean

Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary might seem like a first glimpse at the 2010 election. But it's not.
  • Goode goes down -- maybe

    Controversial Virginia Republican Rep. Virgil Goode has apparently lost his reelection fight by 745 votes, but he'll reportedly be asking for a recount.
  • A permanent Democratic majority?

    Hispanic voters played a pivotal role in this election. If current trends continue, they may turn other parts of the country as blue as they just turned New Mexico.
  • How Obama won, by the numbers

    The polls were right after all, and it was the economy, stupid, but there were still some surprises in the final results.
  • The end of a long journey for Obama

    A final rally in the Virginia suburbs is the last stop in an epic campaign.
  • Obama wins Virginia

    In yet another sign that the state is turning blue, its 13 Electoral College votes have apparently gone to Barack Obama.
  • Mark Warner replaces John Warner

    The first Senate pickup for the Democrats is an easy call
  • How to read the numbers on Election Day

    Howard Dean's pollster tells you the five things to look for in early returns Tuesday.
  • I made 100 phone calls for John McCain

    I volunteered to phone bank for the McCain campaign, and recorded some of the calls. And now I'm more confused than ever about what an "undecided" voter is.
  • Black voters may lead Democratic wave

    An Obama-propelled increase in African-American turnout, already apparent in early voting, may put more Democrats in Congress.
  • Sarah Palin, still rockin' the right

    In newly swinging Virginia, the GOP base showed love for their "true conservative" -- who may be eyeing the White House beyond McCain.
  • Virginia is for Obama lovers

    Two new polls show Barack Obama leading John McCain by double digits in the state, which could seal the deal for Obama.
  • GOP fallout from bailout vote

    In Virginia, retiring Sen. Warner refuses to say he'll back Republican candidate Gilmore.
  • Michelle Obama's military strategy

    Talking to Norfolk servicemen's wives, the potential first lady hopes to prove her empathy -- and the corrosiveness of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars -- in a battleground state's most contested area.
  • I now pronounce you male applicant and female applicant

    A Virginia courthouse may have inadvertently beaten California to the punch by accidentally marrying two men.
  • The swing states of 2008

    Salon asks a round table of experts to predict where the presidential election will be won or lost. It's not just about Ohio anymore.
  • How will Barack Obama get to 270?

    This November, a Democratic victory will probably hinge on the Electoral College votes of a handful of swing states. Howard Dean's pollster examines 17 fall battlegrounds, one by one.
  • What does Hillary want?

    What would it take for Clinton to concede defeat? An insider remembers -- and draws lessons from -- the backroom deals that ended another brutal, racially charged Democratic slugfest.
  • What the Huck?

    For some reason, Mike Huckabee is still running for president. Is he really auditioning for the No. 2 job -- or a show at Fox News?
  • Hillary's time of troubles

    As Clinton and Obama spoke to Virginia Democrats on Saturday, the crowd's response -- and returns from Nebraska, Washington and Louisiana -- showed how the tide is turning.
  • A Macacan history lesson

    Four centuries before S.R. Sidarth delivered the Senate to the Democrats, East Indians had already arrived in Virginia.
  • The Episcopal Church's gay problem

    A group of Virginia parishes secedes over same-sex marriage and a gay bishop.
  • Littlest Cheney will have two mommies

    Yep -- unto Mary a child shall be born.
  • Yes, Democrats do need the South!

    Tom Schaller may think the Democrats can whistle past Dixie and still win, but that's a recipe for disaster.
  • The GOP's dirty deeds of 2006

    Salon's guide to robo-calls, push polls, vigilantes and other murky dealings from this year's elections.
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