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The Woman Who Was Fired for Flipping Off Donald Trump's Motorcade on Her Bike Just Won Election in Virginia
Democrats enjoyed a wealth of victories on Tuesday night, narrowly winning a gubernatorial race in Kentucky and flipping both chambers of Virginia's state legislature from Republican to Democratic.
The night wasn't without some full circle moments either. Among them was Juli Briskman.
In a historical legislative recount, Democrat Shelly Simonds wins the 94th district seat in the Commonwealth of Virginia's House of Delegates seat by one vote, providing a civics lesson in why every vote matters.
According to The Washington Post, the final tally was 11,608 votes for Simonds, and 11,607 votes for Republican Delegate David Yancey. In the initial count, Simonds was behind by 10 votes before Tuesday's recount. Under Virginia law, a losing candidate may request a recount if the vote differential is less than one percentage points cast for those two candidates.
WATCH: Ralph Northam’s Victory Speech Interrupted by Protesters
Tonight, prior to Democrat Ralph Northam's victory speech, protesters holding signs about sanctuary interrupted the celebration in Virginia. The signs were about immigration, which Northam has been noticeably ambivalent about. According to The Daily Caller, "Northam has proven unwilling to adopt a definitive stance on the question of whether illegal immigrants should be allowed to remain in the country."
WATCH: Ralph Northam's Victory Speech for Virginia Governor's Race
Virginians went to the polls today to elect Democrat Ralph Northam over Republican Ed Gillespie for governor. Watch Northam's full victory full speech in the embed above when it begins and check back later for a full playback. You can watch Gillespie's concession speech below.
[UPDATE: 8:09 DT] NBC has called the Virgina governor's race for Northam. What does this mean for Trump?
Tina Fey appeared on yesterday's edition of Saturday Night Live's special summer "Weekend Update" episode to comment on the violence which erupted over the weekend at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and President Donald Trump's response.
“I have nothing but fond memories of my time there,” Fey, a 1992 graduate of the University of Virginia, said to Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost while wearing a sweater emblazoned with the school's logo. “I graduated a virgin and I still liked it. That's how good the architecture is down there.”
The Daily Stormer is no more.
Over the weekend, authorities identified 32-year-old Heather Heyer, a paralegal who lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the woman who was killed after she was struck by a Dodge Challenger driven by James Alex Fields, who had traveled to the city from Ohio to protest at the “Unite the Right” rally with fellow white nationalists.