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You know, and people have been saying this race has tightened up. polls don't elect governors. voters do. voters do. >> so at every campaign stop, we are just seeing a large amount of people. also a large amount of people expected here this evening. this event kicking off around 6:30 p.m. >> dan merica and eva. ashley, i know that terry mcauliffe wanted that infrastructure bill at the very least, if not the build back better act to become law before tuesday. that will not happen. how much does that hurt him? >> i think it hurts him some, but i also think that the issue of education is really...

One fox poll had youngkin up followed by a poll showing a dead heat. our correspondents are in the commonwealth for us right now. dan, let's start with you. vice president kamala harris campaigning for mcauliffe tonight. this race really has democrats terrified. >> yeah, there's a genuine concern here that democrats could lose a race that is going to become and already has become a referendum both on eight years of leadership here in the commonwealth of virginia but also almost more importantly on leadership in washington. democratic-controlled washington. mcauliffe was also very concerned ear...

This ridiculous assertion that his 10-point loss to biden in virginia as as a result of election fraud. >> i didn't campaign there because i was told you can't win there, but i was very close in virginia. probably because i've heard bad things about their voting, very, very bad things. it was largely mail-in and i've heard a lot of bad things about virginia. i would say i would win virginia easily. >> trump lost and he lost big. a top election official in virginia told me just last night there was no evidence of these, quote, very bad things that trump claims. >> i want to be perfectly clear, ...

Virginia, someone who knows that state pretty much better than anyone, where do you think this race stands tonight? >> it is still very close and competitive. you have to say only one candidate has moved up in the last four or five weeks, and that's youngkin. mcauliffe hasn't lost altitude. he pretty much stayed where he's been all along, 49, 50, something like that. it's also true, as dan pointed out, democrats have a main advantage they haven't had in past elections. the ability for hundreds of thousands, over a million, actually, for voters to vote early and they probably have a substantial...

CNN By Dan Merica and Eva McKend, CNN The latest back-and-forth in the race to be Virginia's next governor is centered on the value of teaching a Toni