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Original favorite, you have to go back to the 1880s to find a time when virginia elected a party to the governor's mansion for only four years. pretty much automatically a party has gotten at least a second term. this will be the first time since the 1880 that that hasn't happened. it dells you that the republicans have nominated a candidate who is out of the virginia mainstream. you have to nominate candidates in this newly competitive purple virginia that can win the middle. for the democrats, obviously, it's going to be speculation about 2016. mcauliffe is as close to bill and hillary clint...