Op-Ed: At Youngkin HQ, a Hat Tip to Harnessed Parent Anger
As the vote tally began racking up Tuesday night, Glenn Youngkin was clearly overperforming in key suburban areas, and conservatives were applauding his decision to lean into culture-war issues in the final months of the campaign. At the candidate’s victory party at a Marriott hotel in this leafy Loudoun County suburb, supporters waved a variety of pro-Youngkin signs, each representing a different voting bloc: business owners, farmers, veterans and Latinos. One stood out: Parents for Youngkin.
After the economy, voters said education was the most important issue facing the state, and Youngkin led Democrat Terry McAuliffe on those two issues by double digits, according to exit polls.
In his victory speech delivered shortly after 1 a.m., Youngkin promised to “restore excellence” in the commonwealth’s school system and institute “school choice.”
“We’re going to embrace our parents, not ignore them,” he pledged.
Some of his fiercest supporters were clearly elated after months of fi