Virginians vote in Fairfax County (File Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

(CNSNews.com) - Democrats will control the Virginia government come January, for the first time since 1994.

Even seats in traditionally Republican enclaves flipped in Tuesday's election.

In the 40-seat Virginia Senate, Democrats now fill 21 seats. Republicans have 19 seats.

In Virginia's 100-seat House of Delegates, the preliminary breakdown appears to be 53 Democrats (with two more leading); and 42 Republicans (with two more leading); and one independent leading.

Some voters had no choice:

In the House of Delegates, 30 seats were uncontested -- 23 of them Democrat, 7 Republican.

In the Senate race, three Democrats ran uncontested; one Republican ran uncontested.

Terry McAuliffe, the former Democrat governor of Virginia, told CNN on Wednesday that some of the "biggest news" of Tuesday's election is from traditionally Republican counties in Northern Virginia.

"In two of our biggest counties -- in suburbs here in Northern Virginia -- Prince William and Loudoun County went Democratic," McAuliffe said. "The Board of Supervisors switched; we won the new county chair in Prince William. I mean, that is some of the biggest news coming out, in suburbia, that the Democrats took control."

McAuliffe called it an "astounding victory."

"But now we've got to lead," he continued. "We've got to have common-sense gun restrictions, we're going to raise the minimum wage, we're going to have environmental policies that make sure we protect our air and water. So this is a big, big win..."

"But if you look deep in Virginia -- what we were able to do at the county level, and win at the local level -- If I were a Republican, I'd be very scared. I think Donald Trump was humiliated last night -- losing the Kentucky governorship, a state that he won by 30 points."

(Republicans in Kentucky appear to have lost the governorship in a close race, but they won five other state offices, including Attorney General, Auditor, Commissioner of Agriculture, Secretary of State, and Treasurer. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky called those victories "an amazing sign of strength for Republican governance in Kentucky.")

DNC Chairman Tom Perez hailed the Democrat takeover of the Virginia General Assembly, saying it "should send a chill down the spines of Donald Trump and every Republican.

"Democrats are competing in every election and every state, running on our values, and channeling unprecedented energy into the voting booth — that’s how we won tonight, that’s how we’ll beat Trump in one year, and that’s how Democrats will win victories at every level in 2020,” Perez said.

The Democrat National Committee says it made a six-figure investment in the Democratic Party of Virginia to support those races.

McAuliffe told CNN that voters “aren’t into politics – they want good governance.”

People want results from their elected officials. They don’t really care about all these other issues. You k now, record investments in education, they want the roads to be working.”

McAuliffe said voters will choose candidates who “can actually deliver and take care of their everyday lives. Who is going to lower prescription drug prices?”

McAuliffe said candidates of either party who address those issues are the ones who are going to win:

“People want deliverables. They want elected officials to get things done and focus on issues that matter to them…and what you saw in Virginia was repudiation of the Republican Party for obstructionism on so many issues, on gun bills, on the environment, on Medicaid expansion.

“And the voters said that’s enough, and now they’ve given the keys to the Democrats, and the Dems have now got to produce.”

It should be noted that Democrats in Fairfax County, Virginia also took full control of the school board.



