Republicans tried—and failed—to run on parental grievances back in the 1990s. Will this time be different?

TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher about Virginia, race, and whether Democrats can change the dynamic heading into 2022.

In Virginia, Glenn Youngkin kept his distance from the former president and won. It won’t be so easy for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.

Yes, Terry McAuliffe talked too much about Donald Trump. But Democrats shouldn’t overcorrect. The former president is, and will be, an issue.

Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin connected with parents, and Terry McAuliffe did not. This, not critical race theory, is what Democrats need to reflect on.

The White House worried about backlash from the anti-vaxxer minority. As Virginia’s gubernatorial election shows, it should have worried about the Covid-weary majority.

The problem is low Democratic voter enthusiasm. Here are the things the president can do to solve it.

Now more than ever, they need to keep their focus and pass their agenda. But is that what they think?

Trump’s Big Lie is the one thing that keeps Republicans together.

If Glenn Youngkin wins the governor’s race, will it really be such a disaster for Democrats? In a word, yes.

Toni Morrison, critical race theory—the Trumpy GOP gubernatorial candidate is trying to take Virginia back to the 1950s.

The New Jersey race is almost completely ignored, but if Phil Murphy holds his lead and wins, he’ll be the first Democratic governor to be reelected in decades.

With the Virginia governor’s race tightening, the former president headlined a Terry McAuliffe rally in an effort to Trumpify GOP nominee Glenn Youngkin.

Glenn Youngkin is running a tight race for Virginia governor against Democrat Terry McAuliffe by trying to be both a conventional conservative and a winking Trumpist.

Terry McAuliffe may benefit if reproductive rights return to the forefront as a campaign issue in the upcoming gubernatorial elections.

The right bought race and trans hysteria to school board meetings in once scarlet-red Loudoun County. But guess which side won?

He was a successful governor. It’s a blue state now (so we say). So why is the Virginia gubernatorial race so close?