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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
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.