<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Wilder" id="mwAYU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Douglas Wilder">Douglas Wilder</a> wins the governor's seat in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" id="mwAYY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, becoming the first elected <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" id="mwAYc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">African American</a> governor in the United States.