And yes, there's a big danger in overanalyzing this single off-year election. It had been so long since a Republican won statewide for anything. But the reason, as you said, that last night was such a big shock to Democrats is because they believed that Virginia had ceased to be a swing state. You know, we joke that historical rules only work till they stop working, but this time, they actually worked because in Virginia - Virginia has a long history of electing governors of the opposite party than the one in the White House. What does last night tell us about whether this is once again a swing state? KELSEY SNELL, BYLINE: Thanks for having me.ĬORNISH: Mara, I'm going to start with you because I remember when Obama - President Obama winning Virginia in 2008 was a big deal because he had flipped the state from red to blue. And our congressional correspondent, Kelsey Snell. Now, to understand the context around what happened and what it could mean for a Democratic Party still struggling to deliver on President Biden's domestic priorities, we turn to NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson.ĬORNISH. And ballot measures aimed at increasing voting access in New York are likely to fail. Meanwhile, a ballot measure to reform policing in Minneapolis failed. GLENN YOUNGKIN: Together, we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth.ĬORNISH: In New Jersey, the Democratic governor who was projected to win easily barely eked out a victory. UNIDENTIFIED JOURNALIST #4: Democrats have to figure out, how are they talking to these voters in 2022?ĬORNISH: The president's party lost the governor's mansion in Virginia to a first-time Republican candidate, Glenn Youngkin. UNIDENTIFIED JOURNALIST #3: There is no doubt that alarm bells are going off.

UNIDENTIFIED JOURNALIST #2: This is not good news for President Biden.

UNIDENTIFIED JOURNALIST #1: Democrats are waking up.

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