Republican Glenn Youngkin has defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the governor’s race in Virginia that received a great deal of national attention, with some viewing it as a foreshadowing of a Republican high tide against the Biden administration.

According to the unofficial results posted by the Virginia Department of Elections, with 2,723 precincts of 2,855 precincts reporting, Youngkin won with 50.68% of the vote, while McAuliffe had 48.55% of the vote, with the remainder going to third party candidate Princess Blanding and write-ins.