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Point seemed unlikely from the start. is he running against somebody name i.d. who served in this role before. but it was the issue of education where he truly found his footing in this race. he essentially found a void in representation for parents feeling frustrated about their say that they were able to have in kids' schools. he filled that void. on 38-bus stop bus tour he promised to end what he sees as government overreach in schools. also on the campaign trail he notably did not include any big party names. that did not impact crowd size whatsoever. past couple weeks. he wrapped up campa...

Analysis? >> katie: well, bret, it's close. rainy day in virginia. polling places i saw were busy. people were out to vote. i would say looking back on this issue of education and that september 28th debate between glenn youngkin and it terry mcauliffe when terry mcauliffe put his foot in his mouth and said parents essentially don't have a role in deciding what teachers teach. he didn't just say that because the debate moderator pressed him he said that because glenn youngkin held him accountable to his own record of governor and brought up the fact that he vetoed legislation in 2016 that woul...

Computers for the better part of a year and a half. and there was some concerning things that we saw as a result. >> i think kids have to learn history, good, the bad the glulg our taxpayer money has been invested in some teacher training and that would be enrolled -- or rolled into the student curriculum that i didn't agree with. >> martha: parents in loudoun county, virginia have been front and center in the debate over critical race theory in schools and tonight they are hoping to send a message, mike emanuel is standing by with more on that for us tonight. hi, mike. >> martha, bret, good e...

But then you also have to weight that with how democrats and republicans vote. it will be much more democratic leaning likely because the early vote and the mail-in vote tends that way. the rural counties also will report early and we should see some of that raw total soon. >> shannon: just like we saw in florida in the presidential election, they began processing, so putting all of these mail-in votes. they got 1.1 million early votes in virginia. and, you know, just a couple hundred thousand. i think over 100,000 the last time around. this is reflective of the huge difference that we have se...

>> good evening, martha and bret. democratic party officials are telling us that they are feeling pretty good where the vote is turning out in this state and turnout efforts have paid off here. but we will find out for sure soon. as these vote totals start come in. they are still setting up the election night event here. this is, i think, the third time that we have heard wham on the sound track. probably hear it a few more times before it's over. turnout over the last few days has hit all the democratic strongholds fd of this state. norfolk, hampton, richmond, roanoke and, of course, northern...