democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton picked up a victory in her running mate<u+2019>s home state of virginia, a battleground state where she held a commanding lead in recent days. mrs. clinton was declared the winner with 48.3% of the vote, when the associated press called the race with 97% of precincts reporting, defeating her republican opponent donald trump, whose campaign pulled its field operation out of the state in mid-october. virginia has become favorable terrain for democrats over the past decade, buoyed by growth in its african-american, latino and asian populations. president barack obama won virginia by 6 percentage points in 2008 and 4 points in 2012, after decades of republican dominance. mrs. clinton<u+2019>s campaign canceled advertisements in the state toward the end of the summer with growing confidence she could win it. if mrs. clinton wins the presidency, a special election will be held next year to replace her running mate, tim kaine, who currently serves as a u.s. senator from virginia.
hillary clinton wins virginia - wsj
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