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3 May 2021 Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave a last-minute endorsement to Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin on Sunday, six days away from the May 8 convention that will determine the Republican candidate for the 2021 governor’s race. The Texas Republican plans to campaign with Youngkin, a former CEO of the Carlyle Group, at various events during the final week leading up to Saturday’s vote. “Glenn is the best chance Republicans have at winning in Virginia this year,” Cruz contends in a video announcing his endorsement: Youngkin said in a statement, “It’s such an honor to hav...

Holds democracy together. >> and i would also -- to the point of can you talk about health care here and talk about impeachment there, in some ways democrats overlearned the lesson of 2018 where they gained 40 seats talking about health care, the economy, et cetera. donald trump was not on the ballot that time. they had a little more of a free lane to discuss issues. in 2019, the off-year election, when impeachment was very much in the air and republicans warned that democrats were going to pay the price for talking about impeachment, that wasn't the case. a democrat was elected governor in ke...

Will say he had nothing to do with it, he was not on the ticket. >> this is the single most important off-year election in my lifetime. and i really think it's more than just about a specific issue, i think it's about the character of the country. >> this is just one of many states where people are lining up outside because enthusiasm around this midterm is higher than we've ever seen before. >> the crowds have been huge. >> the turnout here has been extraordinary. >> a lot of things at stake today. >> i pulled the r button. >> i voted toward the democratic side of the ticket. >> the republica...

Down the barrel of first recall any sitting president two years in in their first off-year election cycle, historically with the exception of one time, in 2002 after 9/11, after 9/11, historically loses seats in the house of representatives and the senate. the president and republicans are already looking down the barrel of losing seats in the house of representatives. but now they're look at a generic ballot of anywhere between 8 and 13 points against the republicans. the democrats have the fund-raising advantage. they have a grassroots mobilization advantage. they have an enthusiasm advantag...

Nationalist. what's your reaction to all of this? >> when you're a republican look down the barrel of first recall any sitting president two years in in their first off-year election cycle, historically with the exception of one time, in 2002 after 9/11, after 9/11, hifrktsly loses seats in the house of representatives and the senate. the president and republicans are already looking down the barrel of losing seats in the house of representatives. but now they're look at a generic ballot of anywhere between 8 and 13 points against the republicans. the democrats have the fund-raising advantage....