The race in Virginia has been called for Republican Glenn Youngkin
The next governor of Virginia, Republican Glenn Youngkin. Photo: Steve Helber/AP/Shutterstock/Steve Helber/AP/Shutterstock Republicans got their first big off-year victory since Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat as private equity guru Glenn Youngkin won the race for Virginia governor against the former governor and arch-Establishment Democrat Terry McAuliffe.
McAuliffe lost, however, not due to the sort of collapse in Democratic turnout so many had feared as a product of an “enthusiasm gap” fed by Democratic problems in Congress or disappointment in Biden. Turnout was actually strong across the state: Youngkin won by improving significantly on Trump’s vote in both GOP rural strongholds and in exurban swing areas where he was either less threatening or more attractive than the 45th president.
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