i just wanted to leave it better than i found it. [cheers and applause] and, guys, history may not stop there fox also has the attorney general candidate jason leading. if he wins, he will become the first hispanic elected to statewide office. now, as we have said. fox has him leading. fox has not called the race for them. those races are very close here in the state of virginia. there is a recount rule if a candidate is losing by no more than 1%. of the losing candidate can call a recount. we will see where that goes. buff, one thing that we re also watching is six g.o.p. house delegate races. if they all win and they re leading right now, it will flip the house of delegates back to the republicans so a massive change here possibly happening at the state capitol. meanwhile mcauliffe campaign tying youngkin to former president donald trump. it vice president harris came to
determine what happens next november in the playbook for republicans in the glenn youngkin campaign. mcauliffe made his campaign about tying youngkin to donald trump. that following very short. we are getting reaction from some progressives, the change campaign, special interest group supporting progressives in washington trying to take control issuing a statement that terry mcauliffe can blame his loss on his own reliance on backward-looking trump messaging. democrats won t win by branding one opponent after another as a trump clone and hoping to speak out about the razor thin win, the campaign going on to say democrats have to grab power in washington, we may be seeing tonight and going forward the voters are rejecting that. let s bring in ron meyer,
again a big, big night. a big take away from last night. it appears that joe biden mattered a lot more that donald trump. it mcauliffe his campaign on tying youngkin to trump that didn t win. another take away is when vice president harris went down to norfolk on friday and said what happens here is going to matter in 2022. well, democrats may want to go back to the drawing board and analyze exactly how they were so strongly defeated tonight. now you guys have winsome sears coming up here in about half an hour it will be very interesting to see what she says about what made the difference for her. brian, ainsley and steve? steve: griff, i have a quick other take away for you and that is both joe biden and terry mcauliffe made fun of glenn youngkin s fleece vest. who is laughing now?
terry mcauliffe and republican glenn youngkin has gained national attention with some calling it an early referendum on joe biden s presidency. cbs ed o keefe reports tonight from virginia. reporter: it s a jump ball here in virginia, with democrat terry mcauliffe and republican glenn youngkin in a dead heat. let s bring this baby hope! reporter: youngkin, the political newcomer and former college public player, showed off for reporters today, hoping to sink mcauliffe with a late republican surge to the polls. it s election day. we feel pretty pretty darn good, i have to say. reporter: democrats will hope to be in a stronger position, given president biden easily won the state by 10 points just a year ago. he expressed confidence today. i think we re going to win in virginia. reporter: but a loss could spell trouble in next year s midterm and pave the way for republicans to win in states without donald trump on the ballot. mcauliffe has relentlessly tried tying youngkin
khakis. reporter: even mcauliffe supporters acknowledged that may not have been effective. that still flames the hate speech a little. is that a good campaign structure, or strategy? i ll leave that to the experts. reporter: youngkin has successfully kept his distance from the former president, even declining to join him on aital fen rally last night. vote for glenn youngkin. he s a great man. reporter: instead, youngkin has seized on growing parentalang wer local school boards. on day one, we will not have political agendas in the classroom, and i will ban critical race theory. reporter: that focus helped win over teacher jacqueline foley. every parent has the right to question the public education system, as well as the teacher. reporter: state officials tell us more than 1.1 million people cast early ballots. that s a record for an election like this in virginia. but it s turnout today in suburb an communities like this one that will be key to victory