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VP Harris appears at McAuliffe event Friday in Norfolk along with other Virginia Dems

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Vice President Kamala Harris made an appearance in Hampton Roads Friday evening for a campaign event for Terry McAuliffe and other Virginia Democrats. See Also:   KAMALAWKWARD: Once again a video of Harris that will give your CRINGE reflex nightmares The event at Norfolk's Half Moon cruise center near Waterside was scheduled for 3-7 p.m. Harris started speaking around 6:20 p.m. See Also:   "I don't think Glenn Youngkin believes any of this but it shows where the party is," says Republican strategist Stuart Stevens, as the school cultural wars take center stage in Virginia's tight gubernatorial race. Harris joined a large billing on Friday,  including Pharrell Williams , Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and more. Election Day is next Tuesday, Nov. 2, and McAuliffe and Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin are neck-and-neck in polling. See Also:   Sam Stein warns Democrats aren't engaged in Virginia gubernatorial race: 'A real indicator

McAuliffe spox mistakenly includes reporter on ‘kill this’ story email

A top spokesperson for Democrat Terry McAuliffe's Virginia gubernatorial campaign accidentally looped in a Fox News Digital reporter Thursday on internal deliberations over how to "kill" a story about the campaign hiring a top Democratic lawyer known for spearheading election challenges. See Also:   KAMALAWKWARD: Once again a video of Harris that will give your CRINGE reflex nightmares Earlier Thursday, Fox News reported that the McAuliffe campaign had spent more than $53,000 on the services of a law firm founded by Marc Elias, the former general counsel for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. See Also:   The New York Times' Kara Swisher: Facebook 'doesn't care whether it's cat pictures or journalism' Reporter Tyler O'Neil reached out to the McAuliffe campaign to ask why it had hired Elias' firm and give it a chance to respond to the suggestion by George Washington University law professor and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turl

Democrat Terry McAuliffe's Virginia campaign accidentally emails Fox News to 'kill' story on hiring an election lawyer

An email snafu from Terry McAuliffe's gubernatorial campaign gifted Fox News an easy story. "Can we kill this?" a campaign aide wrote in an email accidentally including a Fox reporter. The reporter was requesting comment on the campaign hiring an election lawyer. KAMALAWKWARD: Once again a video of Harris that will give your CRINGE reflex nightmares The hotly contested Virginia governor's race has gotten close to wall-to-wall coverage on Fox News over the past month, but an error over email gave the network a different story than what the news team was tracking down in the first place. See Also:   The New York Times' Kara Swisher: Facebook 'doesn't care whether it's cat pictures or journalism' Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a former Virginia governor, is running against Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin as Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam - best known for his 2019 blackface scandal - is set to leave office, since Virginia does not allow its governors

Poll: Youngkin, McAuliffe deadlocked in Virginia governor's race

Virginia gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin remain deadlocked as they enter the final weekend before Election Day, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll released Friday. See Also:   KAMALAWKWARD: Once again a video of Harris that will give your CRINGE reflex nightmares McAuliffe, the Democratic former governor who is seeking a return to the commonwealth's top job, leads the Republican Youngkin 49 percent to 48 percent among likely voters polled, well within the survey's margin of error of plus-or-minus 4 percentage points. See Also:   The New York Times' Kara Swisher: Facebook 'doesn't care whether it's cat pictures or journalism' The results were similar among a broader swath of registered voters surveyed, with McAuliffe ahead 47-44, also within the margin of error. The poll surveyed 1,107 registered voters between Oct. 20-26, 918 of whom were deemed to be likely voters. See Also:   CNN's Don Lemon asks if Democra

'How the country is going to move': Harris bids to nationalize governor's race at McAuliffe rally

Vice President Kamala Harris rallied for Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe at a campaign event Friday evening, seeking to nationalize the competitive governor's race ahead of Tuesday's election. "Each one of you in your possession has the ability to determine, yes, who will be the next governor, but also by extension, given the importance of this Virginia election, how the country is going to move," Harris said. See Also:   KAMALAWKWARD: Once again a video of Harris that will give your CRINGE reflex nightmares "There is so much power in the hands of the people, including not only determining the outcome of this very, very important election but making a statement about who we are as a nation," Harris said from a podium at a get-out-the-vote event for McAuliffe in Norfolk, Va. McAuliffe, the former governor of Virginia, is up against Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin. Recent polling shows the two candidates deadlocked among registered voters. Harris under

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Democrat Terry McAuliffe has brought in the biggest names in Democratic politics to come to his aid in Virginia's hotly contested gubernatorial race: Obama, Harris, Abrams, Biden (both Joe and Jill). See Also:   Dr. Anthony Fauci tells Dana Bash  that US Covid-19 cases are headed in the "right direction," but the US should be careful not to prematurely declare victory. Republican Glenn Youngkin, meanwhile, is campaigning with ... Glenn Youngkin. See Also:   Press Secretary Psaki tells  Mary Alice Parks  about Pres. Biden's trip to Capitol Hill today The GOP candidate, a newcomer who has surprised his party with his strong bid in blue Virginia, has eschewed virtually all public campaign visits from well-known party allies, who typically flock to hot races to lend a hand. It's not that Youngkin won't take the help — the candidate has welcomed numerous high-profile Republicans to the state for closed-door fundraisers. But the Youngkin campaign's unofficial