he also played donald trump masterfully because i think in both virginia and new jersey, i think what we are seeing here i a lot of the cultural issues once trump was out of the picture. me let me put you back a little bit. they re we re people who will say critical race theory, not b that name, but in those schools a lot of people are standing up standing up for a reason to think they have problem with it. they re were real parents, real concerns. number two, what do you think the voters are saying in virginia and in new jersey tonight which wasn t even on th radar for a lot of people. this is not just a one off like they did look at the shiny thin over here, this is something, i says something, does it not? no, no, no, i absolutely agree it says something. we are in an off year election,
that might not have been the right choice for the mcauliffe camp. i think we will know soon. here is a crazy fact. they re is a third candidate in this race in virginia. princess blinding, she received almost 22,000 votes and .7 percent. so that is something. that is 51-48.3 per janet, than you very much. this is fascinating to watch. let s get a lot of reports on the new jersey governor s race that we ve been talking about. democratic incumbent trained to hold off the challenger and eri shawn is covering that race for as he s at murphy headquarters right now in asbury park, new jersey. what is the mood there, eric? the mood can be by the song they just played which is bridg over troubled waters. they wouldn t play that if that wasn t the feeling here some
it is quite an extraordinary evening in virginia. and the first black woman elected as lieutenant governor that is significant as well. and she is a very interestin player in this race very she wa born in jamaica, raised in the bronx, she is a u.s. marine, a very interesting up and comer political person to watch great if this goes the way it looks like it s going to go, she coul be the first woman, black woman lieutenant governor in virginia. but kevin, i want to ask you a question about president biden because i think he may have landed now from his trip and hi return from scotland right before he took off he said look whatever happens in virginia it s not a reflection on me or my agenda but when he lands, at the very least he s going to be told that these are two races
combination and looking for candidates who can do that i think is job number one moving forward for the republican party . i would encourage a lot of purple state republicans to study glenn youngkin, his rhetoric, his messaging, his restraint, his discipline study all of it because what he has done in virginia is pretty extraordinary. it s very interesting to watch great kevin, i want to bring you in here, that coalition that seems to have formed in virginia between suburban moms and school issue oriented parents and blue-colla southwestern virginians, what d you make of it? it is a great question. i think in every election it s either a base election or persuasion election and this wa a persuasion election. glenn youngkin ran a strong campaign. i think one of the key stories coming out of this evening will be the notion of biden and youngkin voters. folks that delivered the majority of congressional
virginia. last november you had more than 4 million virginians votes in the presidential race. we believe there s well over 3 million voters who voted tonight in the gubernatorial race. virginia has never been in that area before so a lot more votes from a lot of different areas all throughout the state. i will tell you one more place here taking out of chesterfield this is the good suburban counties south of richmond city. we still believe in chesterfiel there is at least 40 percent of the vote outstanding as well. at present are performing on percentage basis. you just went in the county. 51-49. that one horde ten good things for the rest of the states. he has done that, he s hanging onto that in a moment. whether or not there s a lot of blue boats out there it ready t take away that percentage is something we cannot say. i would say generally speaking in the southeast here in the central partner richmond and appear across close up of three we re waiting unburied.