Biden’s presidency faces Virginia referendum

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President Joe Biden may be a loser in the Virginia gubernatorial race unless Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe wins big, decisively seizing a historic second nonconsecutive term.

Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin has chipped away at Biden’s political cachet, as well as McAuliffe’s polling lead, in what has become a toss-up race less than a year after Biden dominated former President Donald Trump in the commonwealth by double digits. And a narrow McAuliffe victory or defeat could have devastating consequences for Biden and his liberal colleagues’ legislative agenda.

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