Republican candidate wins tight poll in bellwether Virginia
The Hindu
The race was expected to be a comfortable Democratic win
The Republican candidate pulled off a stunning upset to win the Governor’s mansion in the U.S. State of Virginia on Wednesday, U.S. television networks projected, in a race seen as an early verdict on President Joe Biden’s first year in office.
Newcomer Glenn Youngkin was 2.7 points ahead of Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the neck-and-neck tussle shortly after midnight, with more than 95% of the vote counted, prompting NBC, CNN and ABC to call the election for the Republican.
A harbinger of the parties’ prospects in next year’s midterm elections, the race was initially expected to be a comfortable Democratic win but instead became a toss-up in the closing days of the campaign.
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