Will Virginia Turn Red? And Other Elections to Watch

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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As voters go to the polls this election day, they will answer some big questions: Can Gov. Glenn Youngkin carry Republicans to full control of the Virginia Legislature, perhaps paving the way for a White House bid? Will the gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi end up as close as polls suggest? And could an abortion ballot measure in Ohio be a bellwether for 2024? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:07.0	Voters go to the polls in Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and beyond.
0:14.1	Let's take a look at what's at stake
0:16.2	and what these results might tell us
0:18.1	about the electorate heading into 2024.
0:21.6	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson.
0:23.5	With the Wall Street Journal, we are joined today by my colleagues, editorial board members
0:28.6	Kate Batchelder O'Dell and Manet Uquebuwa Berua.
0:32.4	It's election day in America, not only in those four states but from
0:36.0	sea to shining sea there are state constitutional amendments in Maine, school board races in California,
0:42.2	and everything in between.
0:43.7	Possibly some teaching moments for parents this morning at the polls.
0:47.3	Kids, this is where they get you. These off your local bond referenda sneaking
0:51.6	through tax increases when they think nobody's looking.
0:55.0	But the national attention tonight will be focused mainly on a handful of places.
1:00.6	And let's start in Virginia where Governor Glen
1:02.9	Yunken is stretching, hoping to take a unified
1:06.0	control of the state legislature.
1:08.5	Here is this morning on Fox and Friends,
1:11.0	talking about what's at stake. I do think that the nation is watching what's at stake.
1:12.5	I do think that the nation is watching what's happening in Virginia.
1:15.4	Why?
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