All eyes are on Virginia, as Republican Glenn Youngkin beats Democrat Terry McAuliffe to the win in the race to be governor.
Youngkin leads his opponent by about 2 points, 51.1% versus 48.2%.
McAuliffe refused, however, to concede the race, taking the stage at 10.20pm to say: “We’re going to keep counting the votes because every Virginian deserves to see their vote count.”
Ronna McDaniel (chair of Republican National Committee) released a statement declaring Youngkin victorious, and congratulating him for his win.
“The red wave is here!” On behalf of the Republicans Glenn Youngkin and Winsome Sears, congratulations to Jason Miyares for their remarkable campaigns and hard-fought victories.
She stated that a Republican wave was coming in 2022 and Virginia is only the beginning.
Sears is running as lieutenant governor, and Miyares is running to be attorney general. Both have large leads in their races, so Virginia could see a Republican sweep.
Sears is currently ahead of 3.4 points and would be the first woman of color to be elected to a state office in Virginia’s past.
In Virginia, Republicans have not won a state race in 12 years. President Joe Biden won by 10 percentage points.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (chair of the Republican Governors Association) also congratulated Youngkin. “The RGA is delighted to congratulate Governor Glenn Youngkin for winning a difficult-fought race that many thought was unwinnable for Republicans.”
A candidate can request a recount if the margin of the final count falls within 1%. The state will pay for it if the margin falls below 0.5%.
Trump’s former President issued a statement declaring Youngkin winner after votes were rolled in:
‘t is looking like Terry McAuliffe’s campaign against a certain person named “Trump” has very much helped Glenn Youngkin. McAuliffe was a mere talker about Trump, Trump, Trump. He lost! Fake News, what does this tell you? I guess people running for office as Democrats won’t be doing that too much longer. I didn’t even have to go rally for Youngkin, because McAuliffe did it for me. I want to thank the MAGA voters for coming out big!
A Republican win would create panic among Democrats and could influence voters across the nation in this bellwether election for an Obama administration that is plagued by mounting problems such as inflation and supply chain problems.
Even Kamala Harris noted the possible consequences of the Virginia race. While campaigning in Virginia for McAuliffe four days ago, she stated: “What happens in Virginia will in large parts determine what happens 2022, 2024 and beyond.”
McAuliffe (64), was Virginia’s governor between 2014 and 2018. Because of the unusual election laws of the commonwealth, governors cannot serve more than one term. He would be the first governor of Virginia to be elected to non-consecutive terms in nearly 50 years.
He was governor for a record 120 times. These were mostly on social issues such as abortion and LGBTQ rights.
McAuliffe nationalized race by invoking former President Trump’s names perhaps more than any other candidate.
Youngkin, 54 is a political novice and wealthy businessman who was previously CEO of the Carlyle Group. This private equity firm’s private equity arm, is now a newcomer to politics. Youngkin won Trump’s endorsement but has distanced his self from the former president who did poorly in Virginia in 2020.
Youngkin stated that he did not take part in Trump’s 11-hour telerally for Virginia’s race.
Youngkin’s personal wealth put him in the spotlight. He donated $5.5 million to his campaign. The Republican tried to mobilize voters through tying race to education choice and education issues. He also held Parents Matter rallies in which he attacked critical race theory.
McAuliffe may be in serious trouble if McAuliffe’s poll results show that more than 80% of voters surveyed by NBC said parents should have a say over what their children are taught in schools. Fivety-three percent believed parents should have ‘a lot’, while 31% believed they should have’some’.
McAuliffe stated during a debate in September that ‘I don’t think parents should tell schools what they should be teaching’
Republican Glenn Youngkin (left) and Democrat Terry McAuliffe (right) continued to campaign on Tuesday after a full day of cross-state rallies on Monday. The two are only .9 percentage points apart going into the election on Tuesday – with Youngkin in the lead
Winsome Sears, who is ahead, would be the first black woman elected to a statewide office in Virginia’s history
Voters lined up at the polling stations across Virginia on Tuesday morning to cast their ballots for governor in a heated contest that was down to nine tenths-of a point.
One county saw such high turnout that election officials had to print ballots and distribute them as voters waited in line at the polls.
Albemarle election officials stated that the majority of county’s 30 precincts had to have extra emergency ballots printed by the voter registration office.
According to the Daily Progress: “We just got a turnedout far beyond what we expected,” registrar Jake Washburne claimed. He stated that the ballots printed on printer-paper would have to be tallied manually.
Glenn Youngkin’s supporters gather in Chantilly, Va. for an election night party.
Cruz is pictured above attending an election night party at Youngkin’s hotel in Chantilly (Va.).
Senator Ted Cruz was a guest at Youngkin’s campaign headquarters party watch party
Supporters of Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin gather for an election night party in Chantilly, Va.,Tuesday
McAuliffe’s election watch party guests expressed concerns about early returns
Joe Biden signaled on Tuesday that he believes Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe will be the next governor of Virginia in his nail-biting election with Republican Glenn Youngkin and insisted mounting problems and his poor performance in the polls will have nothing to do with the result.
Biden said, “We’re going to win,” in a calm tone while smiling and leaning into a microphone at the United Nations Climate Change conference. The polls showed the race in a dead heat before state voting closed at 7pm.
He said, “I believe we’re winning in Virginia,” “The race, it is very close. It’s not about who shows, but who turns out.
Responding to a question regarding whether McAuliffe would lose in the state Biden won with 10 points in 2020, the president stated that this would be a rebuke of his presidency and spell disaster in 2022 for Democrats.
‘Granted, I did win by an impressive margin [in Virginia], but the point of the matter is I think that this is going to be – what we all knew from the beginning – it’s going to be a tight race. It is.
Biden also stated that his success or failures as President cannot be attributed solely to the results of local and congressional elections. However, they are being viewed as indicators of how his administration is performing.
Despite there being a New Jersey gubernatorial race, two Ohio congressional races, and many mayoral contests in the state, the nation has turned its attention towards Virginia because a loss for Terry McAuliffe (Democrat) would be catastrophic for Party as Joe Biden’s approval dwindles before the 2022 midterms.
Biden stated that he has not seen any evidence that Biden’s performance, whether it is good or bad, or whether or not he’s accomplished his agenda, will have any impact on winning or falling.
The career politician said that even if the Build Back Better agenda was passed in time for elections, it would not be possible to attribute Democrats winning at a higher level.
Biden stated that the off-year is always unpredictable, especially when there isn’t a general election at the same time.
‘I think we’re gonna win in Virginia. The race is very close. It’s about who comes up, who wins,’ Biden said about Virginia’s gubernatorial election, previewing that Democrat Terry McAuliffe would be victorious.
“Go vote, Virginia and New Jersey!” Tuesday morning, President Biden tweeted his support.
Biden stated that he believes the more people who vote in Virginia, the better the chances of Democrats winning and McAuliffe becoming the next governor.
Youngkin’s camp believes that the GOP candidate could win Virginia if he improves in areas where Donald Trump lost to gain voters in 2020.
Youngkin is specifically looking to beat Trump’s numbers by 5% in Loudoun County. Fairfax County. Virginia Beach. Richmond.
If he does, he predicts he will have the votes in the state to win the governorship.
All three counties were dominated by Biden. Virginia Beach was the exception, with Trump winning by only 5.4%. Youngkin has attempted to win voters in these increasingly rural areas by distancing himself with Trump’s political style. This makes them less inclined to vote.
Virginia has been a battleground where Republicans feel they have more political control now that Biden won the state with 10.1 percentage points in 2020’s presidential election.
McAuliffe is still just under 1 percentage point behind Youngkin in Monday’s FiveThirtyEight polling average. The GOP candidate has pulled ahead in the days leading to the election.
47% of voters say they will vote Youngkin, while 47% say they will vote McAuliffe. In August, McAuliffe was almost split by 7%.
Loudoun County, which Biden won in 2020 by 25 percent, is one of the most important areas for the election. While the wealthy area is more blue than usual, Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin promises more control over education for parents.
Loudoun is America’s richest county, with an average household income $142,299.
Youngkin said that “it’s not Republicans against Democrats” on Fox News Tuesday morning. ‘It’s parents, from all political perspectives and from all walks of the life, coming together and standing for their children.
‘Virginia and New Jersey Democrats—it’s Election Day! You must vote for @TerryMcAuliffe, #PhilMurphyNJ or Democrats down the ballot,” Vice President Kamala Harrris posted on Tuesday.
Youngkin’s rally crowds on the day before the election were significantly higher than those who came out to support Terry McAuliffe (Democrat), who is a former governor in the Old Dominion State.
Virginians went to their polling stations on a rainy Tuesday to cast their votes in the state’s gubernatorial elections. Adrienne Schweer and children Georgia, Sully and Sully vote at Chesterbrook Elementary School in McLean.
Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin took a basketball and shot some hoops in front of Rocky Run Middle School, Chantilly, Virginia.
Heating up: The GOP candidate took off his jacket to continue shooting hoops when the drizzles subsided and the day warmed up
McAuliffe is a former governor in Virginia and waves his arms as he rallies supporters at a canvass kickoff in Falls Church, Virginia on Tuesday
Youngkin greets a voter outside Rocky Run Middle School on Election Day in Chantilly, Virginia
McAuliffe tried to tie Youngkin’s campaign to rump to make him seem further-right and discourage independent voters from voting for him.
“Guess Glenn Youngkin is ending his campaign?” McAuliffe spoke at his final Monday night campaign rally, which took place outside Fairfax’s brewery. “He is doing an evening with Donald Trump in Virginia.”
Youngkin, however, did not attend an event with Trump. Instead, he held his own rally at the Loudoun County Fairgrounds 30 miles from McAuliffe with a crowd many more than his Democratic challenger.
Youngkin didn’t mention Trump at all during his Monday night rally. However, he was careful to not alienate potential voters who support the former president.
Trump did neither travel to Virginia nor campaign alongside Youngkin in the race. However, he did hold a short long distance tele-rally to make the case for the GOP candidate Monday evening and sent several statements endorsing Trump.
McAuliffe linking Youngkin’s campaign to Trump was a topic that the Republican addressed. He also defended the group effort mentality of his Party to get voters to participate in the election.
Youngkin stated that the president took the time to hold a teletown hall last night.
Youngkin’s final pitch before Election Day promised Virginians living in Loudoun County he would ban critical-race theory teachings in schools and give parents greater control over their children’s education.
Monday night, Youngkin took to the stage in Battleground County, which has been the epicenter of state anger regarding school policies and curricula – in particular the teaching of critical racism and rules regarding transgender students.
He told the crowd that ‘We decide to take the power over our children’s education’.
“This is a pivotal moment in the future of our commonwealth. This is the moment when we can stand up to oppose this progressive liberal agenda.
Tensions are escalating over trans issues in this area after the Loudoun County school board voted Wednesday evening for transgender students to have access to school facilities and other groups that reflect their gender identity, including on sports teams.
DailyMail.com has revealed that the mother who raped a girl in a girl’s bathroom and then sexually assaulted another girl a few months later is not a woman, as the issue has been a central part of the election.
Voters can check in at Fairfax County Government Center on Tuesday, to cast their ballots for the heated gubernatorial election
Virginia residents stand a socially-distanced line on Tuesday inside a voting location in Chantilly, Virginia, where Youngkin showed up top shoot some hoops and meet with voters
Voters check in at a polling station in Fairfax, Virginia, on Tuesday
As Democrats fight to retain their seats, the race has become a hotly contested contest. Republicans see it as a chance to gain political ground in the Old Dominion State. While Election Day is taking place in many states, the nation has focused its attention on Virginia.
The mother defended her son, saying that he didn’t disguise himself to enter the women’s toilets and that he was just a hormone-diverse teen who had had consensual sexual sex with the girl twice prior to the alleged rape.
She said that he was a 15-year old boy who wanted to have sex in a bathroom with someone that was willing. “And they’re twisting it just enough to make this a political hot topic.
Scott Smith, the father to the victim of rape, was dragged from a school board meeting on June 22 with a bloodied face after listening to school officials deny a girl had been sexually assaulted after his daughter reported it.
This case was the defining moment in a heated debate in Loudoun County about transgender students’ rights, and parents’ freedom to speak.
McAuliffe held his rally Monday evening, focusing on education issues, including trans students. Youngkin held his rallies Monday, and McAuliffe held his rally Monday evening, where he criticised his Republican candidate for his unofficial endorsement of Trump.
‘Guess Glenn Youngkin is wrapping up his campaign? He is here in Virginia to attend an event with Donald Trump. He said that he was there with him and that Trump is over there.
Donald Trump wants to win tomorrow night so that he can announce next day for president of the United States of America. We’re going to end Donald Trump’s future plans in Virginia. I beat Trump twice in Virginia. Tomorrow, we’ll go 3 and 0.
Glenn Youngkin, Republican gubernatorial hopeful, promised Virginians that his party would ban critical race theory teachings at schools and that parents would be able to control their children’s educations. Here the candidate shoots some hoops at a Rocky Run Middle School on November 02, 2021 in Chantilly, Virginia, which doubles as a polling place
McAuliffe, pictured at a Monday night rally with a glass of hard cider, has denied that there is critical race theory in the state’s education system. He also claimed that he doesn’t believe parents should tell schools what to teach.
Youngkin held his rally on the Battleground Area of Loudoun County, where residents have protested against critical race theory and rules regarding transgender student teaching.
EXCLUSIVE – It was the woken cover-up that electrified Virginia’s governor’s race. Now on election day, the mother of a skirt-wearing teenager who raped her classmate in girls’ bathroom claims that he is a troubled boy who identifies himself as male and only wants sex
The mother of the 15 year-old boy who raped a girl classmate in the girl’s bathroom dressed in a skirt, was later charged with sexual assaulting another girl.
DailyMail.com spoke exclusively with the mother. She asked not to be identified because her son was too young.
“He’s a 15 year old boy that wanted to have sex with somebody in the bathroom, with somebody who was willing,” she said, as she sat in her empty kitchen in her Loudoun County, Virginia, townhouse. “And they’re twisting it just enough to make this a political hot topic.
Scott Smith, the father to the victim of the rape, was dragged from a school board meeting on June 22 with a bloodied face after listening to school officials deny the girl had been sexually assaulted after his daughter reported the incident.
The case became the focal point of a fierce debate in Loudoun County regarding transgender students rights and parental freedom of speech.
The parents of a teenage girl who claims she was raped in a dress victim by a 15 year-old boy were mocked by the left after Scott Smith (left) was pictured being pulled out of a school board meeting.
Scott Smith, victim’s father was pictured with a bleeding mouth after being dragged from a school board meeting June 22. He had just listened to school officials state that no one had been sex assaulted in the bathroom when his daughter had reported it the month before.
The school board has been repeatedly accused of pushing an ultraliberal agenda on parents and kids, and ignoring those who disagree.
The scandal reached Virginia’s race to be governor. It gave life to the campaign Glenn Youngkin, Republican gubernatorial candidate. He accused Loudon’s school board of a coverup and warned, “What tragedy awaits our children?”
Despite his androgynous style & declaration that he was ‘pansexual’, the boy’s mother insisted that he wasn’t the gender fluid boogeyman of a culture war over transgender policies.
She explained that he wore a skirt one day, and then a tee shirt, Polo or hoodie the following day. He was trying find himself and tried many different styles. It was because it provided him the attention he needed and sought.
However, she admits that her son is very troubled and acknowledges his long history of misbehavior. This included sending nude photographs of himself to a girl fifth grade.
In October, she reached a breaking point with him when he called her from the juvenile detention centre following his second arrest.
“He asked me how I was doing and I replied, “I’m broken, my heart is broken, I’m shattered, you shattered”,” the mom recalled. “Do you know what I’ve done to you, and what you’ve done your family?
“And his reply was, “No, how did I do?” She said,
She was his primary contact person, as his father lived in New Jersey.
“At that moment, I was like, “You’re right! She said, “I love you, I always will. I will do all I can to be there for your every need.” I told him that he should call his father. Do not call me. I need to heal and you need to help me.
This was Sunday, Oct 10. She did attend his juvenile court appearance on Monday. She was furious at her son’s father for showing up with his wife while she sat in the gallery.
“He asked me about bringing my wife. I said that she was the reason you have been absent from (our son’s) life. She recalled telling him that she hated her and didn’t want her in the courthouse. “I’m in the middle every day, dealing with three probation officer, detectives and the Commonwealth, and you’re in New Jersey’s little safety bubble.
‘And he did not listen to me,’ the mother stated to DailyMail.com. She shook her head and added, ‘They even brought a buddy.
The teen was convicted of the May 28th sexual assault at Stone Bridge High School on October 25. The judge’substantiated’ the charges of forcible sodomy, and forcible fellatio, which is the juvenile equivalent of a conviction.
Youngkin, who didn’t mention the former president at his Monday night rally remained focused upon the issues that polls show are important to Virginia’s voters.
Youngkin said to his supporters that he needed to see a moment in which the power shifts away form Richmond’s marble halls to the kitchen tables.
“What can happen tomorrow could be a statement. It can be heard throughout the country because America needs us all to vote tomorrow.
He said: “America’s watching.” Why? Because across the country, families are having the same conversations as you.
‘I get all day notes, ‘Glenn stand for our children too. Because we are unable to vote this year, stand up for the rights and interests of our children.
Youngkin took to the stage Monday night in Loudoun County. This county has been the epicenter of state anger regarding school policies and curricula. Youngkin told rally-goers that he had decided to take control of the education of his children. This is a crucial moment for the future of our commonwealth.
Glenn Youngkin, Republican gubernatorial nominee, is pictured below with his family: daughter Anna and son Grant, wife Suzanne and daughter Anna at a Loudoun County rally
He said that the state’s schools would never be used as a conduit for political agendas.
Youngkin said, “What we won’t do is teach children to see everything through a lense of race where we divide them in buckets and one is an oppressor while the other is a victim, and we pit them against one another and steal their dreams.”
Youngkin also claimed that Tuesday’s election was the “final chance” to elect a new president.moment for Virginians to push back on this left, liberal, progressive agenda,’ citing alleged McAuliffe agenda items that would put increase taxes and put the government between schools and families.
McAuliffe – who has repeatedly accused his opponent of using Virginia’s children ‘as pawns’ in his campaign – has denied the existence of critical race theory in the state’s education system and argued that he doesn’t ‘think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.’
McAuliffe is less than 1% behind Youngkin as Tuesday’s Virginia governoral race comes down the wire
McAuliffe, pictured at his campaign rally in Fairfax on Monday, criticized Youngkin for his unsolicited endorsement from former president Donald Trump. ‘Guess Glenn Youngkin is wrapping up his campaign? He is here in Virginia to attend an event with Donald Trump. I’m here with them and they’ve got Trump over there.
At a Sunday campaign rally, however, the Democrat addressed the hot topic of education, alleging there were too few white educators in the state.
“We have to diversify the teacher base in Virginia,” he stated. Fifty percent of students at Virginia schools — K-12 — 50 percent are students of color, and yet 80 percent of the teachers are white,’ he said.
McAuliffe promised to diversify the state’s teacher base and become the first state to pay college tuition and housing for minority educators.
He said, “We all know what we need to do in a school in order to make everyone feel comfortable in school.”
“So, here’s the plan. We’ll be the first state in America — if you’ll teach for five years here in Virginia in a high-demand area, whether that be geographic or course work, we will pay room, board, tuition, at any college, any university, any HBCU [historically black colleges and universities]Here in the commonwealth Virginia.
McAuliffe & Youngkin are less than 1 percent apart in polling as Tuesday’s Virginia governoral race comes down the wire.
Youngkin swept past his Democratic challenger, a former governor of Virginia, in a FiveThirtyEight average poll.
The two were tied at 47% on October 28. McAuliffe was then ahead of Youngkin in a 47.5-46.9% split.
Youngkin raised its share to 47.6 %, compared to McAuliffe who was at 47 percent.
According to the Fox News poll, which was conducted by Chris Anderson (Democratic pollster) and Daron Shaw (Republican), the majority of Virginians polled said that they trust Youngkin over McAuliffe in regards to education issues.
Brooke Hall-Ewell (50-year-old nurse) said that it was scary to see things close up. She attended McAuliffe’s Monday event and told the Associated Press. “We have to keep Virginia blue.”
According to a Fox News poll, a majority of Virginians polled said that they trust Youngkin over McAuliffe in addressing educational issues.
Youngkin pulled ahead in Saturday’s FiveThirtyEight polling average over his Democratic challenger and former Virginia governor
The two were tied at 47.6% on October 28. McAuliffe was next at 47.9%, but Youngkin won the race in a 47.5-46.9 percent split. McAuliffe was at 47.6 percent, Youngkin rose to 47.6 percent on Sunday.
Youngkin supporters however, felt that it was high time for change.
Dan Maloy, a 53 year-old small-business owner, stated Monday that he is a straight shooter.
“He cares about the same issues that we care about. It’s food on a table. What is the cost of groceries? What is the cost of gasoline? What are the steps we need to take to move Virginia forward
Youngkin would become the first Republican elected governor of Virginia in more than a decade if he wins his election.
Meanwhile, Democrats are afraid of losing Virginia’s stronghold.
A loss in Virginia’s governor race, long considered a bellwether to midterm elections would cause panic among Democrats from all over the country.
Already, the party is concerned about their chances in next year’s elections for control of the House, Senate, and statehouses.