wave is sweeping into blue virginia and any republican looking to get elected next november may want to pay attention to the guy at the front of that wave riding it 54-year-old glenn youngkin, a political newcomer, a businessman who just rewrote the playbook on how far to get elected with one clear message and that is that parents. terry mcauliffe go to that race board and show you it s by two points. it is a 50 pointed 7 to 48.6 according to fox news youngkin came surgeoning back as you remember a month ago mcauliffe was way up. he put the education front and center and putting parent in the driver s seat. now he is vowing to take immediate action. listen. we re going to embrace choice in our public school system. we are going tomorrow brace our patients not ignore them.
determine what happens next november in the playbook for republicans in the glenn youngkin campaign. mcauliffe made his campaign about tying youngkin to donald trump. that following very short. we are getting reaction from some progressives, the change campaign, special interest group supporting progressives in washington trying to take control issuing a statement that terry mcauliffe can blame his loss on his own reliance on backward-looking trump messaging. democrats won t win by branding one opponent after another as a trump clone and hoping to speak out about the razor thin win, the campaign going on to say democrats have to grab power in washington, we may be seeing tonight and going forward the voters are rejecting that. let s bring in ron meyer,
moment. and we have new world series champions. the atlanta braves win the title for the first time in more than 25 years. and we begin this hour with the aftermath of what appears to have been a devastating election night for democrats. we start in virginia, where republicans are poised to take control. just one year after joe biden won the state by ten points. nbc news projects glenn youngkin will be the commonwell s next governor, defeating former democratic governor, terry mcauliffe, a short time ago mcauliffe issued a statement conceding the race, saying that he was proud of his campaign and congratulating youngkin on his victory. we ll also keep a very close eye on new jersey, where democratic governor phil murphy is locked in a very tight race with republican jack ciattarelli. murphy is hoping to become the
terry mcauliffe by two points, 50 points 248 points, we ve not yet, fox is not yet called the race for the lieutenant governor, i will get to those races in a moment but the man of the hour, glenn youngkin leading a comeback, a month ago mcauliffe was handily winning this race. he has focused on one issue in particular. he talked about it in the suburbs of northern virginia and his victory party last night. we will introduce choice into the public school system. we are going to embrace parents, not ignore them. back to the red wave sweeping the capital behind me, winston sears is poised leading to become the first black woman to
groceries and reducing other taxes, mcauliffe is on the side of raising taxes. a key issue is safety in the schools, the content of what is taught in schools and safety in schools and this was a vote of confidence in the parents of virginia to decide and determine the destiny of their children in a variety of ways including education. there was a vote of confidence for police officers, law officers across virginia and a vote of confidence in three people, free enterprise running their own lives. jillian: we are grateful to have you on, nobody knows in her workings of virginia politics like you, you were in glenn youngkin s position as virginia governor, you won and election there as well. how much will glenn youngkin get done? the senate is still democrat, the house may have with