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October 25, 2021

Virginia election: McAuliffe appears on video with disgraced official who called for defunding police

Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe appeared in an Instagram video with a former member of the state's Board of Education who has a history of homophobic tweets and calling for the defunding of police.

October 25, 2021

Ken Cuccinelli predicts Glenn Youngkin win, Republican sweep of Virginia election

Former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli expressed his optimism GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin wins the gubernatorial race, praising his "positive agenda" shortly before the Nov. 3 election.

October 25, 2021

Former Virginia governor slams Kamala Harris video urging votes for Terry McAuliffe

Black former Gov. Douglas Wilder, D-Va., condemned the campaign of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe for launching a video to play at Black churches in which Vice President Kamala Harris urges churchgoers to vote for McAuliffe after the service. Lawyers have suggested that when churches play the video, they violate Section 501(c)3 of the IRS code, potentially imperiling their tax-exempt status.

October 24, 2021

Youngkin on Biden: This is 'what a failed presidency looks like'

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin told Fox News that President Biden has a “failed presidency" and that the “sun is setting” on the political career of his Democratic opponent, former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe.

October 24, 2021

Youngkin says McAuliffe is 'making up a candidate' to run against in razor-thin governor's race

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe claimed that if his Republican challenger, Glenn Youngkin, wins the election on November 2, women's lives will be “at risk” and doctors will get “put in jail" because Youngkin will sign an abortion law similar to the Texas version. McAuliffe said this despite Youngkin's own claim that he would not sign such a law.

October 24, 2021

McAuliffe claims Stacey Abrams should be governor of Georgia, furthering what some call her 'Big Lie'

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe claimed that Stacey Abrams should be the governor of Georgia, accusing Brian Kemp (who ran for governor while also serving as secretary of state) of having “disenfranchised” more than 1 million Georgia voters in the state's 2018 gubernatorial election.

October 24, 2021

Youngkin campaign slams McAuliffe in new video ad for shrugging off Northam's blackface photo

The campaign of Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin is pouncing on his opponent Terry McAuliffe for apparent flip-flopping on Gov. Ralph Northam's blackface scandal.

October 24, 2021

Obama says GOP is 'systematically preventing' citizens from voting

Barack Obama slammed Republicans as “systematically” trying to prevent Americans from voting in a speech while campaigning for Democratic Viginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe

October 23, 2021

Glenn Youngkin vows to ban critical race theory if elected Virginia governor

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin said Saturday that if he is elected the commonwealth's next governor he will "ban" the teaching of critical race theory on his first day in office.

October 23, 2021

Washington & Lee University orders College Republicans to remove Glenn Youngkin campaign materials

College Republicans at Washington & Lee University were told last month to take down materials in support of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin -- a move the university said was done to keep it in compliance with its non-profit status under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).