virginia: Virginia always has its governor elections one year after a Presidential election. When was the last time Virginia voters chose a new governor the year after the Presidential election, and the new governor they chose was in the same political party (Democrat or Republican) as a newly-elected President?|||1989 Same for my state, New Jersey Those wins yesterday are just politics as usual. Except for the N.Y. thing. Wow, that was great. The first Democrat to win that seat in 100 years.|||GIVE UP! This is just superstition, like people used to say any president who was elected in a year that ended with "0" would be assassinated. Or the superstition that the person who won the presidential election would be someone who won the New Hampshire primaries. It's just a superstition. It's not real. GIVE UP! THE DEMOCRAT REALLY LOST! Face reality. The Democats are losing their grip, just like the GOP did 8 years ago (Bush) after the last time the Democrats lost their grip (Clinton) after previous time the GOP lost their grip (Reagan/Bush) after the previous time the Democrats lost their grip (Carter) after the previous time (Nixon/Ford)....(JFK/LBJ)... The pendulum swings. It's swinging. Lead, follow, or get out of the way.|||The last times in which Virginia elected a governor of the same political party that of the president were: Nov. 1965 - the then Democrat Mills Godwin,.Jr. was elected Governor (Lyndon Johnson - D - President) Nov. 1969 - Republican A. Linwood Holton, Jr. was elected Governor (Richard Nixon - R - President) Nov. 1973 - former Democrat turned Republican Mills Godwin, Jr. was elected Governor (Richard Nixon - R - President) The new Republican governor-elect will be the 9th successive Governor elected from the opposing party who controlled the White House.|||Whatever helps you sleep at night ther Gadfly old buddy! Sphincter still stinging from the @ssreaming Dems got eh? The Enzyte was STRONG for Republicans last night! I know...I know... your still depressed about the defeat of the gay marriage bill in Maine What is this world coming to when gays cant count on a liberal Northern State anymore to push their agenda?! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_o鈥?/a>|||Enzyte is obviously confused as to what the Republicans actually won. While we did win 2 governor seats, Democrats won 2 house seats. Local or National? I would rather have won the House seats.|||1977 I believe was the last time a Governor from the President's party was elected, possibly even earlier that that.|||37 yrs. Don't make these people mad with facts and reality. Here comes the personal attacks spelling lessons and grammar lessons..|||Over 20 years... this should have came to no surprise to anyone. Although Cons are spinning it so much, the rest of us are getting dizzy.|||Dunno, but I gather it's been a long time, they always seem to vote for the party that's out of office.