The nation’s most closely watched off-year election wrapped up Tuesday in Virginia after becoming partly a referendum on President Joe Biden’s first year in office.
The bruising campaign centered on issues including Youngkin’s ties to former President Donald Trump, the future ofand culture war battles over schools. But voters saw the economy as the top issue, followed by the coronavirus pandemic, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of statewide voters.
Tuesday’s voting also featured a governor’s race in New Jersey, mayoral offices around the country and a major policing question in Minneapolis — and Biden downplayed his influence in Virginia or anywhere else. Voting proceeded largely without incident across Virginia. McAuliffe and Youngkin were mostly out of sight ahead of election night parties planned in the critical northern Virginia suburbs that each campaign was counting on.
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