this? yeah, i m not big on doing pre-postmortems, we ll talk lessons learns after the results tonight. i worked on seven statewide campaigns in virginia. i cut my political teeth in the commonwealth. the notion that virginia is a blue state has never been quite accurate. it is a purple state. it might have been a bluish shade of purple over the past decade but it is still purple and we re seeing it play off. terry mccauliffe only won the first race by 2 1/2 points. it is also very competitive. a couple of things are at play. number one, the increased nationalization of our politics. used to be all politics are local. i would argue no politics are local right now. they may be talking about issues like education but talking about them through a very national prism. i do think when you look at some of the political winds
who spends time out listening to voters and meeting with them and holding round tables and presenting a platform that actually impacts those issues that are most important to virginians. this is about government going to work for virginians and getting the taxes down and making sure we have great schools and great jobs and safe communities. it is these issues that impact people s lives every single day. my opponent has been running on some different platform. he doesn t have a vision for virginia. he didn t do a good job last time as governor and virginians are tired of recycled divisive politics and ready for something fresh and new. my big takeaway, it s about the voters, folks, and getting out and meeting them and listening to them and presenting a government vision that works for them. bill: terry mccauliffe said this just yesterday. watch. closing my campaign with you
here in washington, that s impacting the race. when biden s numbers were high earlier this year mccauliffe s numbers were high. why? the democratic message was we re getting results. money in your wallet and shots in your arms. but since then there has been a big national fight within the democratic party that is getting caught up in infrastructure and the other big piece of legislation and that fight has dominated what people are hearing. and suddenly you don t see the results. those aren t dominating the airwaves. that s why mccauliffe has been delivering a virginia democratic message. washington, get your act together. we want to do it differently here in virginia. he tried that message and i think, you know, he is still very much in the game. you can t write off terry
virginia xweefp and in leesburg, virginia. no surprise youngkin hit the hot button issue of education once again. this place where the virginia promise comes alive. the children dream the biggest dreams and all they have to do is go get it. that s the virginia where parents are fundamentally involved in their children s education. last night as part of his closing argument democrat terry mccauliffe went negative and did not tell the truth. with all that going on, glenn youngkin is closing his event with donald trump here in virginia. early voting hit a record high in virginia. more than 1.1 million ballots cost and the most expensive governor s race in the commonwealth of virginia, more than $115 million spent.
elections. both candidates putting a heavy focus on the future of education. how we vote tomorrow will make such a statement, such a statement for families around this great country to have hope, to recognize that yes, the values that we hold dear, the values that underpin this country are still alive and well. the main reason i m running i want to build the best education and every child to have a world class education in the commonwealth of virginia. bill: full fox coverage begins now. rich edson watching the mccauliffe team. alexandria hoff is with the glenn youngkin headquarters. sandra: let s begin the hour with rich edson live in virginia for us on a very big day. hi, rich. good morning, sandra and bill. terry mccauliffe has closed this campaign hitting the democratic areas of the state trying to get democrats to the polls. some progressive groups have raised concerns about turnout in this race.