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Northam win in Virginia shows why newspapers should stop endorsing candidates

  • Written by Jeff South, Associate Professor of Journalism, Virginia Commonwealth University

Ralph Northam, a folksy Democrat from the Eastern Shore, beat out Ed Gillespie, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, in Virginia’s heated gubernatorial race. Northam’s victory was remarkably comfortable. He won with 54 percent of the vote. His opponent, a Washington lobbyist who sought to distance himself from...

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