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At first, most of the attention on a major night of elections across the United States on Tuesday was on an unexpectedly close contest in the Virginia governor’s race.
Once it became clear that the Republican candidate, Glenn Youngkin, had successfully faced down Terry McAuliffe, a Democratic former governor, the focus switched to problems for the Democrats elsewhere.
As the night went on, it became clear that the contest in Virginia was not a singular event — Republicans were doing well in several unlikely places.
What do the results tell us about the current direction of American politics?
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Alexander Burns, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.
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Alexander Burns contributed reporting.
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