It’s a tight race for governor in Virginia, where President Biden beat former President Donald Trump soundly a year ago. Polls are closing, and the GOP is hoping for a comeback. Follow live updates:
From CNN's Brian Todd / Written by CNN's Maureen Chowdhury
Two voters in Ashburn, Virginia, told CNN's Brian Todd they moved from southwestern Virginia and switched parties ahead of this election.A female voter said women's rights, the pandemic and education are the main reason why she wanted to cast her ballot: "The main issues that drove me here today are especially women's rights, human rights in general, but especially a woman's right to choose as well as I want to ensure that the Covid pandemic is being treated appropriately, and that we are following the science as we continue to strive for further guidelines in the future. As well as I fully trust our educators and the curriculum that they have imposed.
A male voter said that divisive politics and a need to make sure a majority of Virginians are heard are the reasons he voted: "I think that really in recent years the focus has been too much on kind of like attack ads, 'us vs them' mentality so I really just wanted to take the approach of looking at the issues and picking the candidates that I believe that had kind of the best interest in mind of the majority of Virginians"
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