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My how quickly things can change with the right message and the right messenger. Glen Youngkin's impressive victory over Democrat re-tread Terry McAuliffe in the race for Virginia governor ought to be a reminder that kindness wins over name-calling and that issues are more important than personality. Parents in Virginia saw the curtain pulled back on the indoctrination of values counter to their own in public schools. McAuliffe denied Critical Race Theory (CRT) was being taught in public schools, but a visit to the Virginia Department of Education web page shows three different instances in which it was promoted, including...

resident Biden and Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe share much in common: the same far-left agenda reflective of a small segment of the electorate and an arrogant assumption that they may rule imperiously and hypocritically, well beyond constitutional limits and without accountability. Biden has refused to answer all but a smattering of soft ball questions concerning his controversial and consequential acts. Despite breaking the back of the fossil fuel industry; removing immigration limits to flood the nation with sex traffickers, drug traffickers, criminal gangs, and illegal aliens; leaving behind in Afghanistan Americans, Afghan allies, and $80 billion in munitions; kowtowing...

It seemed a novel, relatively simple way for Virginia political candidates to engage with high school students across the state — and one that has been done for four years now. In April, the gubernatorial campaigns of Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II were asked if they would provide videotaped responses to five questions culled from 5,300 queries submitted by high school students across Virginia. The candidates agreed and confirmed when reminded of the project four weeks ago. But two weeks ago, Mr. McAuliffe abruptly backed out — angering administrators and fitting an emerging pattern of evading...

There is a truly intriguing poll out today in the VA Governor’s race, with some stunning internals when it comes to the African American vote split between the two parties:

HORSERACE Bob McDonnell, the Republican candidate for governor in Virginia, is holding a conference call, discussing the Post's A1 story on his thesis, and other topics: "I never thought many people would ever read or care about my thesis. I think that until recently, only five people had read it, two of which were myself and my wife. I haven't thought about it in several decades." "I am disappointed but not surprised that my opponent wnats to make this a central issue in the campaign; he continues to backtrack from his pledge at first deabte that the focus of thecampaign...