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Pressure on Democrats with dead heat in Virginia governor race
Nov 2 polls in the state is seen as a bellwether for the midterms in November next year
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Nirmal Ghosh US Bureau Chief In Washington , Nirmal Ghosh
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Excitement and anxiety are rising in equal measure in Republican and Democrat camps over an impending photo finish in the first real electoral test of the Biden presidency.
The Nov 2 gubernatorial race in Virginia, a state of more than eight million across the Potomac River from Washington, is also seen as a bellwether for the midterms in November next year, which will decide control of Congress and dozens of state capitals.
