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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Gillespie's political over after losing the 2017 VA Governors Race or
Will Gillespie seek a rematch against Warner in the 2020 VA US Senate Race?
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Is Gillespie's political over after losing the 2017 VA Governors Race or (Original Post)
nkpolitics1212
Oct 2017
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Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)1. He won't win if he does but a big who cares...his is GOP jerk.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)4. +1000
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)2. He's a bastard. Hope he loses biggly
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)3. If the VA Dems don't get their act together re: Justin Fairfax, they're going to piss away a
winnable race.
And yes, it's over if he loses. Gillespie is the last Romney for the VA GOP. Stewart-like candidates (and even Stewart himself) are going to be the standard bearers. Roy Moore wasn't/isn't an isolated incident, but a reflection of a base that has been at war w/ decency and reality for years.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)5. He's already stated he will run...
There's an article about it somewhere here, on DU.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)6. Unfortunately, far from a given he loses