Meet Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic insider hoping to return to the Virginia governor's mansion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Like any candidate seeking a second stint in office, McAuliffe toots his own horn and points to favorable figures from his firsts gubernatorial term: Job growth, economic development, and increases in education spending.
50% : If the Virginia Legislature holds Democratic control over both chambers, McAuliffe may be able to see much more of his agenda become law: universal pre-K education, restricting gun rights and banning assault weapons, tackling prescription drug prices, and pushing policies to get Virginia to 100% "clean energy" by 2035.
40% : In the closing weeks of the campaign, McAuliffe criticized Youngkin for not supporting mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 and claimed he was spreading "anti-vax" talking points, falsely claimed that Youngkin wants to ban Toni Morrison's novel Beloved and other books from schools, and warned that he would ban abortion (Youngkin supports banning abortion after a fetus can feel pain).

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