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Virginia Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin speaks at a campaign event outside the Prince Edward County Courthouse on Oct 28, 2021 in Farmville, Virginia.
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WASHINGTON - 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, DC, is also seen as a bellwether for the midterms in Nov 2022, which will decide control of Congress and dozens of state capitals.

