Democrat Ralph Northam wins Virginia governor race

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last updated 8 November 2017

Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) has won the Virginia gubernatorial race. With 72 percent of precincts reporting, Northam had 52.3 percent of the vote, compared to Republican Ed Gillespie with 46.5 percent. This was a contentious race, with Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman and lobbyist, running ads defending Confederate monuments and accusing Northam, a pediatric neurologist, of being soft on crime. Both parties spent millions on the race, as did outside groups.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.