Well...

Now we have an "Assembly Divided."

Democrats will have a 21-19 edge in the Senate (which was 23-17), while the Republicans still control the House of Delegates by a pretty solid 54-44-2 split (with both Independents caucusing with the GOP, the previous advantage for the GOP was 57-40-3, with 2 of the 3 Independents caucusing with the GOP). Congratulations to the Democrats in Virginia, you got control of the State Senate...I would implore you be smart with your slim majority and make sure to keep Virginia first and stupid partisan BS second, but I have this feeling it won't happen.

Dems gained 4 seats in the HOD (thank you for the correction, Vivian J. Paige), but still have a ways to go to gain control. However, they are already planning on pushing legislation as if they have both Houses of the General Assembly in their control.

Let the lame duck politics begin...and when nothing gets done in the next 4 years, I will definitely be able to point at the Dems in the Senate and say "that's why, Virginia...that's why".

OK, I'm somewhat kidding with that last statement. In all honesty, I do congratulate the Dems on their victory in the Senate. If nothing else, it should make for interesting, if not overly-partisan and bitter, politics.