Youngkin shapes template for post-Trump GOP: The Note
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The Virginia gubernatorial race is testing a key theory of potential GOP success in territory that should favor a Democrat.
The TAKE with Rick Klein
The stakes for Democrats in the race for governor in Virginia are clear enough -- and Terry McAuliffe is laying them out himself, with a few hedges that speak volumes.
"I think this race is going to set the tone, I hope, for the Democratic Party," McAuliffe, who is looking to get his old job of governor back next Tuesday, told ABC's Jonathan Karl on "This Week."
The stakes for Republicans are more complicated. But the race is testing a key theory of potential GOP success in territory that should favor a Democrat, so long as former President Donald Trump is out of office yet looming over all things political.
