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Virginia Elects a New Governor Next Year. Will Voters Seek Another Trump?

Associated Press

Now that Election 2016 has come and gone, the politics of Election 2017 are already moving into place. And, as Michael Pope reports, the election of Donald Trump as president could have a strong influence on the race for governor next year.

When Donald Trump and his team assume the reigns of power, the federal government will take a dramatically different approach to government.

And Prince William County Board of Supervisors chairman Corey Stewart is hoping he’ll be able to ride that wave into the Executive Mansion in Richmond. He’s one of the four Republicans running for governor next year.

“I intend to start working on implementing the Trump agenda right here in Prince William County by identifying criminal illegal aliens, hunting them down and deporting them.”

But will Stewart be able to replicate what Trump accomplished in Virginia on Super Tuesday? Geoff Skelley at the University of Virginia Center for Politics is skeptical.

“Many other people are gong to try to mimic Trump because obviously he’s been successful. But I’m not sure anybody else can actually be Trump. Just because it worked for him doesn’t mean it’s going to work for you."

Republicans haven’t won statewide in Virginia since Bob McDonnell was elected governor back in 2009.

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