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Virginia governor’s race is a battle of legacies: Trump and Terry
Democrats want to make the campaign another referendum on Trump. Republicans want to be the party of change as McAuliffe seeks another term.
Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe speaks at an election-night event after winning the Democratic primary on June 8, 2021 in McLean, Va. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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McLEAN, Va. — Virginia's gubernatorial race will test which politician's legacy has left a more lasting impact on the commonwealth: Donald Trump or Terry McAuliffe.
Even before McAuliffe's blowout primary victory on Tuesday, Virginia Democrats were eagerly casting GOP nominee Glenn Youngkin, a former private equity executive, as an avatar of the former president. During McAuliffe's Tuesday night victory party, he said that the two are aligned on key issues, adding that Youngkin is "not a reasonable Republican." Cries of "Trumpkin" broke out from some in the crowd.