If you’re not familiar with the politics of Alexandria, Virginia this tight margin of victory will mean very little to you.  But, if you know how incredibly blue this district is, then you that this 16 vote margin of victory is a monumental embarrassment for Virginia Democrats.  Who’d of thunk it?  From the Washington Post:

With Democrat Charniele Herring clinging to a 16-vote lead over Republican Joe Murray in the special House election to replace Brian Moran, it appears as if Northern Virginia Democrats have a bit of election fatigue.

No, Moran shouldn’t be blamed for failing to do more to prevent Democrats from suffering an embarrassing result in a district that President-Elect Barack Obama carried with 75 percent of the vote two months ago. As a candidate for governor in a tough race, Moran didn’t have the luxury of personally visiting Alexandria Democrats around the holidays to remind them to vote in a special election.

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