Democrats debate how to replicate Virginia successes nationwide

Democratic leaders called their nationwide victories, particularly in Virginia, a referendum on President Trump. But how much of what happened can be duplicated on a national level and isn’t unique to Virginia?

Democrat Ralph Northam’s win over Republican Ed Gillespie for the governor’s office drew national attention and was first seen as the true test of whether Trumpism could prevail one year later and with no substantial policy successes for the president. But as results rolled in Tuesday night, it wasn’t Northam’s win that left both Republicans and Democrats speechless — it was the wave of Democratic candidates ousting long-held Republican seats in Virginia’s statehouse.