No. Gillespie got more votes than Cuccinelli 4 years ago. race very closely tracked the 2016 pattern. R win in the mountains, rural and way out exurbs. Dems in NOVA, inner burbs and Richmond.
Nothing else
Cuccinelli was considered much more far right than Gillespie. Gillespie did himself no favors by embracing the Trump approach in his advertising. Trump does himself no honor by saying Gillespie did not embrace his issues in his advertising. For the immediate future, the NOVA population will outnumber the stronger R areas, and merely sticking to the Trump program will not win elections there.
Then there is the case for Trump immigration policy as personified by the outcome of Strong anti illegal immigrant activity in Virginia’s Prince William County. With 6 Republican delegates up for reelection in PWC, five were defeated by Democrats.
The first link below describes the VA election results with a link to Prince William Co. The second link is a detailed analysis in 2009 of the actions and outcomes of the crackdown policy in PWC.
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/0225_immigration_singer.pdf