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Wants to use it as a lunch pad. >> reporter: if you don't win this race, is that an indictment for the democratic party. >> first, we're going to win the race, but -- >> reporter: mcauliffe a well-known establishment democrat. a friend of the clinton and he's been a governor here before. >> i'm going to fight as hard as i can to keep us a blue state. >> reporter: but this is 2021, and what happens here if the republican upsets mcauliffe? it could be a barometer of the races to come. that's why we're heading one hour south to where youngkin is. on paper it's a long road for the gop. four years ...

>> reporter: an inside look at the first major election in the joe biden era. the hotly contested race for virginia governor with republicans looking to take it from the democrats in favored candidate terry mcauliffe. >> trump wants to declare a big victory here and then use it as a launch pad. >> so if you do not win this race, is that an indictment on the democratic party? >> i think if we -- first of all, we'll win the race. but -- >> reporter: mcauliffe a well-known establishment democrat, a long time friend of the clintons. and he's already been a governor here before. >> i'm just going t...