. >> mark murray, monica alba, steve kornacki, thanks to all of you so much for your insights and reporting. steve, i know you're standing close to the camera if we get any news in the new jersey race. thank you. >>> we want to talk more about the virginia race, barbara comstock. welcome back to the show. good afternoon to you. >> good to be with you. >> you and i have had a lot of conversations over the months about former donald trump, his role as the de facto leader of the republican party, the way that this race in virginia became frankly a referendum on the power of donald trump and the gop. glenn youngkin did not embrace donald trump, but he did embrace some of these culture war issues, right, in particular critical race theory which is not even taught in virginia. and that seemed to work for him obviously if you look at the results. >> well, i think what happened is a year ago democrats really misread what their mandate was. biden won because he wasn't trump, and people rejected him. people like me, anti-trump republicans, i didn't vote for trump, i voted for republicans down ballot.