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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Is the Virginia Governor’s Race a Preview of the 2022 Midterms?

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Politics, Washington, News, Obama, Wnyc, President, Lizza, Barack, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Next Tuesday, Virginia voters will go to the polls to elect a new governor, choosing between the Democrat Terry McAuliffe and the Republican Glenn Youngkin. Pundits have been describing the race as an indicator for the 2022 midterm elections across the country. Both candidates have seized on the broader messages of their parties. Youngkin has used the culture wars to woo voters; McAuliffe has recruited former President Barack Obama to campaign with him. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, a New Yorker staff writer, joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss Virginia’s close gubernatorial race, and what it could mean for 2022 and beyond.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about

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politics. It's Thursday, October 28th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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Next Tuesday, Virginia voters will go to the polls to elect a new governor, choosing between

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Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat and former governor of the state, and the Republican Glenn

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Yonkin, the former CEO of the private equity firm, the Carlisle Group.

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Pundits have been describing the race as a bellwether for the 2022 midterm elections across the country.

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Both candidates have seized on the broader messages of their parties.

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Yonkin has used the culture wars to woo voters.

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Terry McColliffe embraced defund the police radicals.

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His George Soros-backed allies got rid of school safety officers. The result?

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