{"id":333980,"date":"2017-11-07T20:54:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/virginia-new-jersey-test-democrats-trump-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2017-11-07T20:54:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:54:36","slug":"virginia-new-jersey-test-democrats-trump-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/virginia-new-jersey-test-democrats-trump-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia &#038; New Jersey test Democrats, Trump \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Citizens of Virginia and New Jersey are preparing to vote for new governors and state legislatures while New York City is electing a new mayor. Utah\u2019s 3rd Congressional district is voting to fill a seat in the US House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial race has attracted national attention, with President Donald Trump taking time while on his Asia tour to endorse the Republican candidate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ralph Northam will allow crime to be rampant in Virginia. He\u2019s weak on crime, weak on our GREAT VETS, Anti-Second Amendment&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/927851387857367040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdWGillespie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EdWGillespie<\/a> will totally turn around the high crime and poor economic performance of VA. MS-13 and crime will be gone. Vote today, ASAP!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/927852358209622016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Virginia<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Democrats are nervous about the gubernatorial election in Virginia, as Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam\u2019s lead in the polls over Republican Ed Gillespie has dwindled.<\/p>\n<p>Though a mainstream Republican, who narrowly defeated a vocal Trump supporter in the primaries, Gillespie has since moved closer to the president\u2019s positions. As Northam waffled on his stance on sanctuary cities and illegal immigration, his lead over Gillespie shrank.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the Gillespie campaign ran an ad stoking fears of gang violence and linking Northam to the Salvadoran-American street gang MS-13, featuring the gang\u2019s motto: <em>\u201cKill, Rape, Control.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Democrats and prominent NeverTrump Republicans criticized the ad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/408576-confederate-truck-children-ad-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.11\/thumbnail\/59fb1d35fc7e9395728b4567.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Bush Crime Syndicate\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last month, the Latino Victory Fund released an ad showing a white man chasing down minority children in a pickup truck with a Gillespie bumper sticker and a Confederate flag, prompting denunciations from Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia is currently a Democratic stronghold. Both US senators from the state are Democrats. Outgoing Governor Terry McAuliffe is a prominent Bill and Hillary Clinton supporter. Virginia is the only Southern state where Clinton defeated Trump in 2016.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>New Jersey<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Republican Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadango is facing an uphill battle in New Jersey against Democrat Phil Murphy to fill Governor Chris Christie\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy, a former Goldman Sachs executive who has embraced a range of progressive causes, is favored by pollsters to win the Democratic-majority state.<\/p>\n<p>After launching a centrist campaign platform pledging to support Medicare expansion under the Affordable Care Act and defending strict gun laws, Guadango hired a former Trump pollster and attacked Murphy\u2019s stance on illegal immigrants and sanctuary cities.<\/p>\n<p>Though polls have not shifted in Guadango\u2019s favor, low voter turnout could spring surprises.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And you have Phil Murphy running a campaign on progressive ideals, coasting to an easy win. Watch his performance in blue collar burbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Bonier (@tbonier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tbonier\/status\/926783348822835200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><strong>New York City<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio is widely expected to fend off all challengers. Republican state assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis has painted de Blasio as soft on immigration. Richard \u2018Bo\u2019 Dietl, a former New York Police Department detective running as an independent, has attacked de Blasio as corrupt. Green Party candidate Akeem Browder has accused the mayor of of overseeing <em>\u201cgentrification\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cexploitation of the poor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"media__youtube-frame\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j8kogNbDYZI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Utah<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Out west, the 3rd Congressional District in Utah is holding a special election to fill the seat in the US House of Representatives vacated by the June 30 resignation of Congressman Jason Chaffetz.<\/p>\n<p>Provo\u2019s Republican mayor John Curtis leads Democratic candidate Kathie Allen in the polls. There are four more candidates on the ballot, and two who have agreed to run as write-ins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/409115-virginia-jersey-governor-races\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens of Virginia and New Jersey are preparing to vote for new governors and state legislatures while New York City is electing a new mayor. Utah\u2019s 3rd Congressional district is voting to fill a seat in the US House of Representatives. Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial race has attracted national attention, with President Donald Trump taking time while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":333981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-333980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}