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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories CAPITAL SOURCE Walsh had previously vowed to stay out of the race: both Edwards and Passacantilli worked for him, in the Office of Housing Stability and in the Office of Economic Development, respectively.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories DATA SOURCE: AP Mayoral and city council races were decided around the state on Tuesday.

Democrat Ralph Northam's Tuesday night routing of Republican Ed Gillespie to become the next governor of Virginia has significant national implications.

Here are five takeaways from Democrats' big night.

Reinvigorated Democrats score their first big Trump-era victory

Democrats are back from the dead.

Democratic senators are talking about wholesale change to their party’s rules in the wake of Donna Brazile’s explosive allegations about the 2016 presidential primary. Brazile claims that she discovered, upon taking the reins of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) last year, that MORE’s campaign began asserting control over the DNC’s operations months before the first primary vote was cast. The claim has reopened the wounds of Clinton’s bitter primary battle against Sen.

President Trump blasted GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie in a tweet Tuesday evening in an effort to distance himself from the Republican's losing effort in Virginia. Trump's tweet knocking Gillespie came shortly after news outlets called the race for Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, who looks to be on track for a comfortable victory. "Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for.

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FAIRFAX, Va. — Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) won the Virginia governor’s race in a blowout Tuesday, fending off a potential gut punch for his party and giving Democrats a badly needed jolt of momentum ahead of the 2018 midterms. Democrats had grown nervous about the race, fearing a devastating loss that could deal a blow to the party's momentum.

SEOUL, South Korea — President Trump, whose long-distance threats and insults toward North Korea have stoked fears of a nuclear confrontation, brought a message of measured reassurance to South Korea on Wednesday, calling for international resolve to isolate what he called a “rogue regime” even as he missed a chance to get an up-close look inside its borders. Gone were the threats to rain “

SEOUL, South Korea — “This is where we’re going,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, told us, holding up a piece of notebook paper on which she had scrawled the letters “DMZ.” I and the other reporters traveling with President Trump on the third day of his 12-day Asia trip had been summoned before dawn to a hotel conference room, and were now being told what we had suspected since late the night before: Mr. Trump would make a surprise, unscheduled visit to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.

BEIJING — President Trump will arrive in China on Wednesday backed by campaign-trail promises to get tough against the United States’ largest trading partner. He will be accompanied by the chiefs of some of the country’s most ambitious and influential companies: Boeing, Goldman Sachs, Westinghouse Electric and Qualcomm, among others. The expected outcome: Not much, to the frustration of some American business executives. Mr. Trump’s meetings this week with Xi Jinping, China’s president, and other Chinese leaders come at a difficult time for both countries.