Virginia voters will make their choice for governor and attorney general on Tuesday, and all 100 seats in the House of Delegates are also on the ballot.

Publicly, Democrats projected a unified front for 40 days. But behind the scenes, they were anything but together. They spent weeks agonizing about their strategy, poring over polling and debating how long to keep going.

The U.S. Senate on Monday, Nov. 10, passed a funding package to end the record-breaking shutdown, putting the federal government on a path to reopening in coming days. It was a sure sign that the longest-ever funding crisis,