We congratulate and applaud the highly-coordinated effort of leading Virginia Democratic Party officials to pull off Tuesday’s takeover of the state senate. It was disciplined and thorough, involving full participation from the top by Governor Tim Kaine and former Governor Mark Warner, with a lot of support from U.S. Senator Jim Webb. Seven senate races were identified early and targeted, and it became eight when an arch-conservative defeated an incumbent moderate in a Newport News GOP primary. Winning that “gift” from the GOP marked the margin for the Democrats who will go to Richmond in January with a 21-19 senate majority, and thereby, the commanding positions on all committees and subcommittees.
