As nomination battle for Virginia governor revs up, some worry the GOP is stuck in neutral Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post Jan. 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Former Carlyle Group executive Glenn Youngkin plans to run for Virginia governor as a Republican.Youngkin campaign RICHMOND, Va. - Glenn Youngkin had not yet officially entered this year's race for Virginia governor when a fellow Republican on Friday rolled out a blistering online ad meant to stop the Great Falls businessman from snagging the nomination. "Youngkin puts profits over people," an ominous-sounding narrator declares about the enormously wealthy former Carlyle Group executive in the ad, paid for by an anti-Youngkin political action committee.