For Republicans, the 2025 Virginia elections will leave a scar, mental and physical, for a very long time. Even if, and when, conservatives recover and get back in the fight, the ramifications of the defeats will leave an indelible mark.
To recap, the GOP had the one of the worst showings for Governor in more than a generation, lost the other two statewide offices even when one of the Democrats was clearly undesirable and belonged in jail not in office, and a whopping 13 seats in the State Assembly.
That 13-seat loss reduces the Republican contingent in the Assembly to just 36 of the 100-member body, the lowest number since 1988. The impact of this loss and what looks to be a radical session that will bring Virginia on par with California and Illinois as the most neo-Marxist state in the nation will literally take decades.
