A difficult night for President Donald Trump's...>

US: A difficult night for President Donald Trump's Republican Party as it loses

the governorship of Kentucky and both houses of the General Assembly of

Virginia. 

- Democrat Andy Beshear, son of two-term Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear - has

claimed the Kentucky governorship by a margin of around 0.4% over Republican

incumbent Matt Bevin. Trump has campaigned heavily for Bevin in the run-up.

- For the first time in over 20 years both houses of the Virginian General

Assembly are under the control of the Democrats in a shock result. 

- While state-level contests often have their own idiosyncrasies, results will

come as a disappointment to Trump's administration. Kentucky is usually a

reliably red state in presidential elections, but Virginia - previously 'purple'

(a toss up between Republican red and Democrat blue) - is now trending

increasingly into the blue state category having voted Democratic in the last 3

presidential elections. 

- Virginia one of the delegate-heavy states in the electoral college that

Democrats will be relying on in 2020 presidential election.