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Pacifist Patriot

(25,173 posts)
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 08:25 PM Nov 4

For the first time in 27 years....

Last edited Wed Nov 5, 2025, 07:20 AM - Edit history (1)

I'll live in a state with a Democratic governor!!!!

This is such a great feeling.

Adding for clarity: I thought it would be obvious I hadn't lived in VA for the last 27 years since they have had Democratic governors in that time period. Sorry for not making that crystal clear in my excitement. Cheers! 🥂

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For the first time in 27 years.... (Original Post) Pacifist Patriot Nov 4 OP
Yep! No more demagoguery on the issues. GreenWave Nov 4 #1
Congrats! SheltieLover Nov 4 #2
How wonderful!!!! Diamond_Dog Nov 4 #3
well done! Skittles Nov 4 #4
A night to remember!! Leghorn21 Nov 4 #5
Woohoo!!! Way to go, Pacifist Patriot!! Wish I could say the same thing. wordstroken Nov 4 #6
I will be cheering Florida democrats on! Pacifist Patriot Nov 5 #44
I'm thrilled for you. llmart Nov 4 #7
Don't expect perfection mountain grammy Nov 4 #8
Congratulations!!! Beacool Nov 4 #9
MSNBC's just called the win in NJ for Sherrill AND the NYC win for Mandani. ancianita Nov 4 #12
Yipppeee!!! Beacool Nov 4 #17
Of course we do - soldierant Nov 4 #34
Ahhh, thank you!! Beacool Nov 4 #36
Congrats! FHRRK Nov 4 #10
I wish I could flush Young Kim. Initech Nov 4 #15
I am borderline staying civil FHRRK Nov 4 #16
You're not alone. ancianita Nov 4 #11
This is a great night for Virginia Democrats! FakeNoose Nov 4 #13
Enjoy her victory, my dear Pacifist Patriot! You have earned this feeling! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 4 #14
din. ding . ding. this. AllaN01Bear Nov 4 #18
👍🎉 electric_blue68 Nov 4 #19
What state. Demsrule86 Nov 4 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Nov 4 #26
What state. Demsrule86 Nov 4 #21
Virginia. Cha Nov 4 #23
Wonderful.. I've been following Abagail Cha Nov 4 #22
The OP must have moved here recently. Northam was also governor among others NT LexVegas Nov 4 #27
Oh yah... I shouldn't have thought Cha Nov 4 #29
If I had a do over... Pacifist Patriot Nov 5 #45
And Terry McAulif too BonnieJW Nov 4 #32
Escaped Florida! Pacifist Patriot Nov 5 #43
+ Doug Wilder, Democrat, Governor of Virginia, 1990- 1994 appalachiablue Nov 5 #59
She is going to be incredible SSJVegeta Nov 4 #24
She really is. I love her smile! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 4 #28
This is about 10X more significant than the average Virginia Gov election Bluetus Nov 5 #38
I agree. She's going to be great and it was a great night in many places. themaguffin Nov 5 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author LexVegas Nov 4 #25
Jealous....hopefully Texas will break the 30 year plague next year. ☮ walkingman Nov 4 #30
Virginia had a democratic governor 4 years ago SocialDemocrat61 Nov 4 #31
I was thinking the same thing. It couldn't have been any 27 years. n/t valleyrogue Nov 4 #35
I moved from Florida three months ago. Pacifist Patriot Nov 5 #40
I moved from Florida three months ago. Pacifist Patriot Nov 5 #39
Ok SocialDemocrat61 Nov 5 #41
It wasn't necessary. Pacifist Patriot Nov 5 #42
Yes it was SocialDemocrat61 Nov 5 #46
I added it, but consider this... Pacifist Patriot Nov 5 #47
Accurate but incomplete SocialDemocrat61 Nov 5 #51
You are being needlessly contrary. Pacifist Patriot Nov 5 #54
Context matters SocialDemocrat61 Nov 5 #55
People can reason if they set their minds to it. Pacifist Patriot Nov 5 #56
And others aren't on this earth SocialDemocrat61 Nov 5 #58
You do have a way of winning friends and influencing people, don't you? Pacifist Patriot Nov 5 #60
Yup SocialDemocrat61 Nov 5 #61
Exactly themaguffin Nov 5 #52
agreed, the point is that you are in a better place and that's awesome. themaguffin Nov 5 #49
Congrats! themaguffin Nov 5 #48
Congratulations and thank you for working to make it happen! Nt Trueblue Texan Nov 4 #33
Since 1966, Virginia has only had the "Trifecta" (Gov, Lt. Gov, and AG) three times (12 years of 60 years) pat_k Nov 5 #37
I hope to live with a Democratic Governor while still on this earth... Sancho Nov 5 #53
I'm envious! A 30 year or so drought in for me in TX Torchlight Nov 5 #57
Congratulations 👏🎉 MustLoveBeagles Nov 5 #62

wordstroken

(1,392 posts)
6. Woohoo!!! Way to go, Pacifist Patriot!! Wish I could say the same thing.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 08:51 PM
Nov 4


I loved working with Governors Bob Graham and Walkin’ Lawton Chiles back when my civil rights advocacy programs put me alongside NAACP’s Leon Russell and prompted me to run for the Florida legislature. Good memories.

Still hoping for things to turn back around, around here. Because, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."

Go Governor Abigail Spanberger!

🦋 wordstroken

llmart

(17,067 posts)
7. I'm thrilled for you.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:09 PM
Nov 4

Best thing ever to happen in Michigan was when we got Gretchen Whitmer for Governor. She has been amazing!

mountain grammy

(28,431 posts)
8. Don't expect perfection
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:16 PM
Nov 4

But for the most part expect honesty, compassion and competence. It’s quite the revelation

Congratulations! Well done!

Beacool

(30,491 posts)
9. Congratulations!!!
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:20 PM
Nov 4

I'm in NJ, I see that neither CNN or MSNBC has called NJ yet, although Mikie is ahead.






Beacool

(30,491 posts)
17. Yipppeee!!!
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:44 PM
Nov 4

Mamdani also won in NYC. So far, it's been a clean sweep for Democrats. I guess that we still have some good people in this country.





FHRRK

(1,302 posts)
10. Congrats!
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:26 PM
Nov 4

I’m in the OC, my district will be going back to the same alignment that Katie Porter represented. Lose the crazies in Coto de Caza (home of the Housewives of OC) and pick up the normal neighboring city of Irvine.

Initech

(106,872 posts)
15. I wish I could flush Young Kim.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:39 PM
Nov 4

Good god, she is insufferable. And she's only in power because of the Fox and church vote.

FHRRK

(1,302 posts)
16. I am borderline staying civil
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:43 PM
Nov 4

So hard not to camp out in front of her MV office and shouting insults. Her weekly updates are classic marketing, so damn hard not to call her staff and telling them they and her will need a new job in a year.

Response to Demsrule86 (Reply #20)

Cha

(315,774 posts)
22. Wonderful.. I've been following Abagail
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 10:25 PM
Nov 4

Spanberger's path from Rep to Governor.. and Rooting for her all the Way!

There was Terry McAuliffe, though from 2014 to 2018.

Pacifist Patriot

(25,173 posts)
45. If I had a do over...
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 06:54 AM
Nov 5

I would have stayed in Virginia and skipped that whole 31 years in Florida thing.

Pacifist Patriot

(25,173 posts)
43. Escaped Florida!
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 06:50 AM
Nov 5

That's why I said "a state" rather than saying Virginia was finally blue. The past few months have been a breath of fresh air.

The last time I lived here, I worked on the Wilder campaign. The Dems took the trifecta then too.

This is such a different feeling from the perpetual existential dread of elections in Florida.

appalachiablue

(43,663 posts)
59. + Doug Wilder, Democrat, Governor of Virginia, 1990- 1994
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 02:32 PM
Nov 5

Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born Jan. 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994.

He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first African American ever elected as governor.[a] He is currently a professor at the namesake Wilder School at Virginia Commonwealth University...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Wilder

Bluetus

(1,893 posts)
38. This is about 10X more significant than the average Virginia Gov election
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 12:48 AM
Nov 5

There are several items on their way to enactment in the VA Constitution, including codification of reproductive rights. I think a temporary override to districts (like CA Prop 50) is also underway.

The VA process requires that measure pass TWO sequential sessions of the legislature before being presented to the people for a referendum. This practically assures that this process will go forward, and I expect both of these will pass strongly when voted by the people.

Response to Pacifist Patriot (Original post)

SocialDemocrat61

(6,418 posts)
31. Virginia had a democratic governor 4 years ago
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 10:38 PM
Nov 4

Ralph Northam and Terry McAuliffe were both democrats. They were in office from 2014 through 2022.

SocialDemocrat61

(6,418 posts)
46. Yes it was
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 07:06 AM
Nov 5

It’s important context. Readers have no way to know that you lived in Florida before Virginia.

Pacifist Patriot

(25,173 posts)
47. I added it, but consider this...
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 07:25 AM
Nov 5

The point of the post is that I have not lived in a state with a Democratic governor for 27 years. I could have lived in any combination of states for that to be an accurate statement, not just moved from Florida.

Maybe a better question would be why someone would assume I don't know who my governors have been in that time period.

SocialDemocrat61

(6,418 posts)
51. Accurate but incomplete
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 08:37 AM
Nov 5

Your profile says you live in Virginia. There is no way for anyone to know you moved there from Florida.

Pacifist Patriot

(25,173 posts)
54. You are being needlessly contrary.
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 12:36 PM
Nov 5

All the information a reasoning adult needed was there. Clearly I haven't lived in VA for the last 27 years. Does it matter where I was before now? No it does not. It's that simple and not my problem you couldn't sort that out for yourself.

SocialDemocrat61

(6,418 posts)
55. Context matters
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:46 PM
Nov 5

You made a statement and didn't fully explain it. People are not psychic and can't read your mind.

Pacifist Patriot

(25,173 posts)
60. You do have a way of winning friends and influencing people, don't you?
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 03:06 PM
Nov 5

It's been fun, but I'm right and you're wrong. Ha! 🫡😃


pat_k

(12,435 posts)
37. Since 1966, Virginia has only had the "Trifecta" (Gov, Lt. Gov, and AG) three times (12 years of 60 years)
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 12:37 AM
Nov 5

Governor: Terry McAuliffe (January 11, 2014 – January 13, 2018)
Lieutenant Governor: Ralph Northam (January 11, 2014 – January 13, 2018)
Attorney General: Mark Herring (January 11, 2014 – January 15, 2022)

Governor: L. Douglas Wilder (January 14, 1990 – January 15, 1994)
Lieutenant Governor: Donald S. Beyer Jr. (January 13, 1990 – January 17, 1998)
Attorney General: Mary Sue Terry (January 13, 1986 – January 15, 1994)

Governor: Gerald L. Baliles (January 18, 1986 – January 14, 1990)
Lieutenant Governor: L. Douglas Wilder (January 11, 1986 – January 13, 1990)
Attorney General: Mary Sue Terry (January 13, 1986 – January 15, 1994)

From 1870 to 1966, it was all Dems all the time (i.e., no Republican Gov, Lt Gov, or AG since Reconstruction, with the last leaving office about 1870)


Sancho

(9,169 posts)
53. I hope to live with a Democratic Governor while still on this earth...
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 09:26 AM
Nov 5

The governors here in Fl are not just repubs, they are the worst of the worst. DeSatan is every bit as crazy as the orange idiot. Virginia's win shows that we can turn it around!

Torchlight

(6,117 posts)
57. I'm envious! A 30 year or so drought in for me in TX
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 02:10 PM
Nov 5

(and bugger the Statlers and Waldorfs of the world)

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