Republican Glenn Youngkin has defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia Governor’s election early Wednesday.
The GOP victory in Virginia where President Biden won by ten points a year ago sent a warning shot to Democrats, suggesting that trouble may be brewing ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
McAuliffe campaigned on national issues, on abortion and voting rights, while Youngkin zeroed in on local issues, hitting McAuliffe hard on education and the economy.
Youngkin said in his victory speech that Virginians had arrived at a “defining moment.”
“Together, together, we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth,” he said. “And friends, we are going to start that transformation on day one. There is no time to waste. Our kids can’t wait, we work in real-people time, not government time. So on day one, we’re going to work. We’re going to restore excellence in our schools.”
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