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Newly-elected ‘transgender’ delegate Daniel ‘Danica’ Roem and Ralph Northam
VIRGINIA, November 7, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-abortion Democrat Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie in the Virginia gubernational race tonight.
The abortion lobby, especially Planned Parenthood, backed Northam, Virginia’s current Lieutenant Governor. Northam’s victory comes alongside the commonwealth’s election of the first-ever transgender state legislator.
Planned Parenthood is America’s largest abortion vendor. It commits over 300,000 abortions annually.
Gillespie was the more pro-life candidate of the two. He campaigned on a platform opposing abortion with support for rape and incest exceptions.
In August, the Washington Post reported that Gillespie’s spokesman, Dave Abrams, “said Gillespie would support legislation to cut state payments to Planned Parenthood, though he noted that the candidate believes individual donors should feel free to give their money to the organization.”
Virginia has become increasingly “purple” rather than red in the past decade. Obama won Virginia in 2008 and 2012. Hillary Clinton won it in 2016. Virginia’s current governor, Democrat Terry McAuliffe, is strongly pro-abortion.
Republicans had a majority in the state legislature until tonight. The results are still coming in, but polls show Republicans are down in 15 districts as of 8:25 p.m. EST.
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