Republicans follow Gov. GlennYoungkin's playbook in blue-state governor races
Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, right, and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin high five as they attend a campaign rally on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in Westchester, N.Y.
Youngkin managed to win Virginia, just one year after a Republican president lost it by 10 percentage points, in part because he turned the race into a referendum on Democrats' approach to education. He bet his candidacy on the idea that parents remained angry over lengthy school closures, continuing mask mandates for children, and the politically charged material they found their children studying at home during the pandemic.
In fact, McAuliffe made a series of choices that arguably reflected how much he miscalculated voters’ frustration with the school system.with Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, a massive teachers union that fought bitterly to keep schools closed during the pandemic despite evidence that remote learning was hurting students.
The line encapsulated the essence of Hochul’s struggles on crime. By focusing on themes such as abortion and former President Donald Trump’s influence, Hochul might leave too many voters with the impression that she cares little about whether they feel safe in their neighborhoods.Perhaps spooked by poll numbers showing Zeldin eating away at her lead, Hochul has focused more directly on crime in the final weeks of the contest.
“Nobody in Oregon would say, ‘Let’s keep doing exactly what we’ve been doing,’” Kotek says in an ad herthe final week of the election. “Certainly not me. I called for a homelessness state of emergency three years ago.”
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