A lot of you may not be following Virginia House of Delegates races too closely (an easily forgivable oversight, perhaps), but I wanted to draw everyone's attention to one race in particular that I've been working a lot on recently. I think these smaller races are critical for a number of reasons, both practically - we're six seats from taking back the Virginia House of Delegates, a body which will at least partially responsible for Virginia's redistricting and, consequently, the futures of Reps. Nye and Perriello - and in terms of how the success or failure of Democratic candidates in an off-year following President Obama's election will influence the national narrative when there're no other tea leaves to read. More below the fold.
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