Marc Short: Virginia Has Moved from a Purple State to a ‘Truly Blue State’

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SHORT: "Well, look, I think that as northern Virginia populations continue to swell with federal government employees, Virginia has moved, frankly, from being a purple state to truly a blue state. Glenn Youngkin won, he is a good candidate. He won, I think, in a perfect storm when you had Democrats control all levers of government after the Biden victory in 2020. The last time we had a Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, was the same thing, the year after Obama‘s clean sweep. So typically, this is headwinds for Republicans to run in this environment, particularly when Republicans control all levers of government. Winsome Sears is an inspiring personal story. She‘s a Jamaican immigrant who served in the U.S. Marines, as you said. She started a small business. She‘s a mom. She should be somebody that the national Republicans should be supporting more than they are, frankly. It is a headwind race for us, but she‘s not getting a lot of support from national Republicans."