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Youngkin's winning formula: Trump voters plus suburbs
By Nicholas Riccardi & Sarah Rankin
James Carville knows *exactly* why Democrats lost on Tuesday
By Christopher Michael Cillizza
1 year later, GOP still chained to Trump's baseless election fraud claims
By Olivia Beavers & Nicholas Wu
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Virginia’s Fight Over ‘Beloved’
By Amelia Nierenberg
Why Virginia's And New Jersey's Elections Could Suggest A Red Wave In 2022
By Nathaniel Rakich
Perspective | How ranked-choice voting saved the Virginia GOP from itself
By Ray La Raja & Alexander G. Theodoridis
Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin meets with Gov. Ralph Northam to begin transition of power
By Jackie Defusco
Voters said education, critical race theory were key in Virginia race
By Katie Wadington, Julia Mueller & Jonathan Lehrfeld
Virginia election sees highest turnout in recent history, fueling Glenn Youngkin's victory
By Annika Kim Constantino
How white women helped propel Republicans to victory in Virginia
By Sahil Kapur & Alex Seitz-Wald
Results from the 2021 Virginia governor's race
By Jason Lange & Chris Canipe
What the the polls really tell us about how critical race theory impacted the Virginia election
By William Saletan
Why Republicans did well in the Virginia and New Jersey elections
By Domenico Montanaro
Trump, Republicans are silent on voter-fraud claims after Virginia win
By Sonam Sheth & Eliza Relman
How the Democrats Lost Virginia
By Isaac Chotiner
After Virginia, GOP amplifies debate over race and education
By Will Weissert, Thomas Beaumont & Aaron L. Morrison
Biden arrives back in Washington to a political nightmare
By Betsy Klein, Jeff Zeleny & John Harwood
Democrats need a reckoning after misjudging the nation's mood
By Stephen Collinson
Democrats will lose full control of Virginia's House of Delegates, CNN projects, bolstering GOP's gains across the state
By Paul LeBlanc
What's up with Virginia's Latino vote? - POLITICO
By Sabrina Rodriguez & Marc Caputo
How Glenn Youngkin Kept Trump at Arm's Length, But on His Side
By Michael Charles Bender
Republicans Seize on Schools as a Wedge Issue to Unite the Party (Published 2021)
By Lisa Lerer & Jeremy W. Peters
Black Voters in Virginia Refuse to Be Blamed for Democrats' Defeat
By Astead Herndon
Election Results in Virginia Prove Things Can Get Worse for Democrats
By Astead Herndon & Shane Goldmacher
Reeling From Surprise Losses, Democrats Sound the Alarm for 2022 (Published 2021)
By Jonathan Martin & Alex Burns
How the Virginia vote for governor shifted since 2017
By Adrian Blanco, Ted Mellnik & Laris Karklis
Republican successes in Va., N.J. show power of promising parents say over school curricula
By Hannah Natanson
Opinion | Republicans Are Going to Use Dog Whistles. Democrats Can’t Just Ignore Them.
By Adam Jentleson & Tory Gavito
Youngkin's Win Is Not a Trump Victory
By David A. Graham
How Virginia's Electorate Shifted Toward Republicans | FiveThirtyEight
By Alex Samuels, Geoffrey Skelley & Mackenzie Wilkes
How Republicans Swept A Bluish State | FiveThirtyEight
By Geoffrey Skelley