Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie gives his concession speech Tuesday night before family, friends and supporters at an election watch party at a Henrico hotel.
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It’s a sweep!
Virginia elects Democrats to top posts, other offices
In a result seen as a wholesale rejection of a president many see as unfit, and a message to the political party that has backed him, fired up Virginia voters ensured Democrats retained control of the top tiers of state government and replaced at least a dozen seasoned Republican lawmakers in the General Assembly to boot.
