The candidates met at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, a small town in southwest Virginia, where the debate got off to a relatively heated start, with cross-talk and occasional snide remarks.
Virginia GOP gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin made a pitch to strengthen election integrity in the state, but stopped short of making claims that voter fraud is a major problem.
Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin and Democratic candidate and former Governor Terry McAuliffe deeply differed over their views of COVID-19 vaccination mandates and abortion laws during Thursday night's debate.