Readers, we’re going to transition our live blog coverage to focus on the outstanding governor’s race in New Jersey, but before we go New Jersey all the time, I wanted to ask our live blog crew one more time for their thoughts on Virginia, as the 🔥 takes have startled to trickle in. For example, it was all about Biden. It was all about education. It was all about Trump.
As we’ve said on this live blog, it’s really hard to land on just one explanation for why an election unfolded the way it did — or, to borrow Micah’s words, the macro versus the micro trends here are still related. But, knowing that, what one thing surprised you about the governor’s election in Virginia, and how will it shape — or not shape — your understanding of the national environment moving forward?