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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Virginia goes into the home stretch of its statehouse elections and could a GOP victory

their nudge, Governor Glenn Youngkin, into the 2024 presidential race.

Plus an update on the speakerless House of Representatives as Republicans on Thursday call off a

third vote for Jim Jordan. Welcome, Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We are joined

today by my colleagues, columnist Alicia Finley and editorial board member Kate Batchelder O'Dell.

The odd year elections in Virginia are always an oasis in the desert for watchers and analysts

of politics. And there's no governor race this year, but state legislative elections there could

prove quite consequential in the old dominion and beyond. The state senate there is narrowly

in Democratic hands, 22 seats to 18 for Republicans. The state houses narrowly in Republican hands,

49 there versus 46 for the Democrats. And all of those seats will be on the ballot on the

election coming November seven. Let's start with a clip of Governor Glenn Youngkin laying out

what he sees as the stakes for voters next month. The reason why this is so important,

because what's on the ballot is not just a demonstration about the future of Virginia,

but I believe the key litmus test for removing into 2024. We're talking about standing up for

parents protecting girls sports, making sure that we have low taxes and reduce the cost of living,

backing the blue, making government work more efficiently. And the other side has nothing to talk

about. Absolutely nothing. They want to spend everyone's money. They want to downgrade education

and take parents away from their kids and tell them that the state knows better. They demean law

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