"Can a populist, pro-life candidate win in a congressional district that has never gone Republican since its creation in 1982? That theory is about to be tested and, if successful, should not only help Republicans keep control of their razor-thin majority in the Virginia legislature on Nov. 5, but prove a happy harbinger for the party in the presidential and congressional contests next year.
Non-politician Nick Bell has decided to take on the “extremist views” that he says have permeated not only the state’s Democratic Party but the national party as well. He jumped into Virginia’s House of Delegates contest when he realized that leading party legislators and elected executives, including the governor as well as the delegate in his own district, were now comfortable supporting infanticide, the killing of babies at the moment of birth and even after they have physically left the womb...."
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/16/will-extremism-sink-democrats-in-virginia/