RICHMOND, Va. (AP) It’s been nearly three decades since Virginia’s only woman to win a statewide race held political office. That drought will end in November when voters decide whether Democratic Del. Hala Ayala or former Republican legislator Winsome Sears will be their next lieutenant governor. Either will make history as the first woman […]
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Republican gubernatorial candidate, Glenn Youngkin arrives for an event in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) June 09, 2021 - 4:45 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) â Terry McAuliffe outperformed his own campaignâs expectations, winning every city and county as he coasted to victory in the Democratic primary for Virginia governor, an election his party said showed persistent enthusiasm among its voters even in a post-Trump era.
Some Democrats had fretted that voters wouldnât turn out with McAuliffe, an establishment quasi-incumbent, as the frontrunner in the race and with Donald Trump out of office following a term that was disastrous for Virginia Republicans. But an unofficial accounting suggested that wasnât the case.
The race for the Executive Mansion pits the former Governor verse Youngkin, who casts himself as a “political outsider.” Both candidates spoke with CBS 6 about where they see the campaigns heading in the months to come.