midterm. schooling, education, the whole business about critical race theory which is not even, you know, k through 12 curriculum agenda. but it does seem to be taking catching fire with school districts, and school boards under fire. this is an issue youngkin and his campaign have used to tie across a number of plank that pertains covid and build school are keeping them closed too long and in person education and culture and whether the curriculum is too progressive and offensive to parents even though as you note critical race theory is not taught in the system. it allow them to make inroads in the communities that had been drifting further from republicans, especially under trump. the epicenter of the ed saying battle is louden county.