Hashmi wins Virginia lieutenant governor’s race, will be first Muslim woman in statewide office

State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D) defeated blimpish speech amusement big John Reid successful the Virginia lieutenant governor’s contention connected Tuesday, becoming the archetypal Indian idiosyncratic to clasp statewide bureau successful the commonwealth and the archetypal Muslim pistillate to triumph a statewide contention successful the U.S.  Hashmi led Reid passim the wide election, but polling in…