I am saying that Youngkin had a golden opportunity to show strong leadership and he missed the mark.
He is a good man, but you have to know how to win.
The candidates who were chosen were, in MY opinion were not ones who would attract votes.
I’m guessing he had at least something to do with those choices.
Youngkin has been in politics for only a couple of years. He does not know what's going on in those competitive districts. He relied on the advice of longtime, very good Republicans from those districts. The two candidates in the most competitive districts, whose victories were essential to Republican majorities, were John Stirrup for the house and Juan Pablo Segura for the senate. I know the people who cultivated them, all very top-notch people. They were both strong candidates. Stirrup lost by only 800 votes. Segura lost by about 5,000, which did come as a bit of a surprise.