high tech texas. the highest including the highest property tax. he has been really aiming at the incumbent governor murphy on that issue as well as social issues. he said governor murphy is too liberal for the state. for his part, murphy said that he is too extreme even though his rhetoric has been as a moderate republican. however, murphy did win the state by 14% two years ago for president biden won by 16% and there is an edge of 1 million democratic voters of republicans. let s take a look at some of the history or the last democratic governor to reclaim the state happen in 1977 when brandon byrne over republican challenge but then jim florio a $3 billion tax hike that enabled the republican at that point to gain the state house and sean corzine had a sales tax hike that
democratic policies, and their party s future in power. we don t have time to be wasting on these phony trumped up culture wars. terry is running against an acolyte of donald trump. but was it enough to stem the tide of a new red wave that emerged in the final days? this election is a dead heat. i m a unifier, he is a divider. it s a dead heat with the youngkin campaign coming up fast on the outside. bret: it is 7:00 p.m. on the east coast, which means polls have just closed in the state and commonwealth of virginia. the fox news decision desk says it is too early to call this race between democrat terry mcauliffe and republican glenn youngkin. but we are following the results as they come in. good evening, everyone. and welcome to our nation s capitol, i m bret baier.
youngkin has stirred up republicans. he can rely on trump somewhat. but really he has relied on that education issue and that s been the centerpiece of all of his ads. but, the key for terry mcauliffe, who won, by the way in 2013 by just i think 2.3% when he first won the gubernatorial race in virginia. the key for him is now trying to get those democratic voters to respond, again, looking back at when we learned from those fox news polls that exit polls. we can see that you know, is he doing pretty well new england suburban voters and black voters and doing well among women voters and educated voters but are they turning out? are they coming to the polls? katie mentioned it s been a rainy day. have they shown up? because everybody, i don t think if you are a republican or democrat there is any denying that glenn youngkin s push on education has given him momentum in the closing days of the race. but then again, terry
lives. kids still have to wear masks even when they are vaccinated. education has been such a red hot issue here in loudoun county and one comment from democrat terry mcauliffe made it a central campaign issue. i m not going to let parents come in to schools and actually take books out and make their own decisions. i don t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach. in loudoun county there have been feisty school board meetings for months. some parents angered about how the school system handled the covid lock down in reopening. others upset about schools adding principles of critical race theory to the curriculum despite extensive fox news reporting on crt. mcauliffe suggested it isn t an issue here in virginia. you see what s happening georgia and florida because they re talking about this critical race theory. it is as i said before and i will say it again, it s never been taught in virginia. i really hate it because it s a racist dog whistle. republica