Republican Glenn Youngkin pulled off an upset for the ages Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia’s gubernatorial election, a result that sent a political shockwave across America ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
With 95 percent of the expected vote in, Youngkin had 51 percent of the vote compared to 48.3 percent for McAuliffe, a margin of more than 88,000 votes out of more than 3.1 million cast.
Republicans also had narrow leads in the races for Virginia’s two other statewide offices. Businesswoman and former Virginia House of Delegates member Winsome Sears would become the first black lieutenant governor in the commonwealth’s history and the first black woman to win statewide office if she defeats current House of Delegates member Hala Ayala.
In the Virginia attorney general’s race, Republican Jason Miyares, a descendant of Cuban exiles, led Democrat Mark Herring, who was seeking his third consecutive term in that office. Miyares would be the first Hispanic person to hold statewide office in Virginia.
An exultant Republican National Committee statement proclaimed: “The red wave is here!”
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McAuliffe is an evil wicked immoral piece of garbage. This is a major defeat for the Clintons as well. All the scandals they were involved with.
Baruch Hashem, a sign of what voters want Ted in the first place, and a change in tide for all Americans