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This week, the Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated the Democrat Terry McAuliffe to grow to be the next governor of Virginia. Meanwhile, in New Jersey, the Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly gained a gubernatorial race he was anticipated to dominate. The outcomes additional destabilize a Democratic Party struggling to find consensus on the infrastructure and social-spending bills, that are the spine of President Biden’s legislative agenda. Susan B. Glasser joins Dorothy Wickenden to debate tensions inside the Democratic Party, and what this week’s election outcomes portend for the 2022 midterms and past.