Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has come up short in Tuesday's elections in his bid for the GOP to capture total control of Virginia's state's legislature
Democrats will retain control of the Virginia state Senate, according to Associated Press projections, despite Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's attempts to win GOP control of the state legislature. It's still too early to project whether Republicans will keep their control of the state House of Delegates.
Virginia's elections were also a major testing ground for Republicans on the divisive issue of abortion. The blockbuster move last year by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to overturn the landmark nearly half-century-old Roe v. Wade ruling, which had allowed for legalized abortions nationwide, moved the divisive issue back to the states. And it's forced Republicans to play plenty of defense in elections across the country.
While some Republicans shied away from focusing on abortion, Youngkin leaned into the issue and pushed a proposed 15-week abortion ban, with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. 'I just wanted us to be very clear about what we were going to do,' he told Fox News last week. And he argued that 'the other side is really good about spreading non-truths.
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