ROOM FOR ONE MORE? Virginia Republicans Think Youngkin May Still Hop In Race; Report

According to a report from The Daily Caller, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin may still hop into the 2024 presidential race even though he’s missed the first debate.

“Megadonors have reignited rumors” Youngkin will run, DCNF reports.

“I think it’s a real possibility,” Chris Saxman, executive director of Virginia FREE and former Virginia state delegate, told the DCNF. “Glenn Youngkin comes with coattails for Republicans. If he can demonstrate that, that’s a powerful narrative to people out there who really pay attention to these things — Iowa voters, New Hampshire voters, South Carolina voters — who want to move away from the Biden administration, and it would be a generational shift.”

From The Daily Caller:

All of Virginia’s state legislative seats are up for reelection this year, with Republicans currently having a slim majority in the House and Democrats holding a narrow majority in the Senate. Youngkin has insisted he’s focused on November’s legislative elections when questioned about 2024, and has made a number of endorsements while aggressively fundraising via his super PAC Spirit of Virginia.

Jeff Frederick, former chairman of the Virginia GOP and former Virginia state delegate, doesn’t think it’s “wishful thinking” that Youngkin runs for president, but argued Republicans must make gains in the state legislature for the governor to weigh a bid, he told the DCNF.

“If he has presidential aspirations, that’s a massive feather in his cap and it’s going to reinforce every positive thing that anyone has to say about Glenn Youngkin,” said Frederick. “If we take over the Senate, keep the House, I don’t think it’s 100% that he’s going to run, but I think it’s 100% that him and his team are going to, for the first time, are really going to seriously consider jumping in.”

Youngkin recently released an ad that had people questioning its intent.

It’s time to usher in a new era of American values. It’s our turn to choose life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. pic.twitter.com/IH8enVaL5B

— Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) May 18, 2023

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