Clinton squeaks out a win in Virginia

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Hillary Clinton clinched a hard-fought win in deeply divided Virginia Tuesday night in the traditionally red state that she eventually turned blue for the third straight presidential race in a row.

With Trump holding an edge throughout most of the evening, the tide turned toward Clinton’s favor only when all of votes from the Democrat stronghold of Northern Virginia were counted. The state was called at about 10 p.m., delivering 13 electoral votes to Clinton’s column.

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