Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has confirmed that, at least until the end of this year, he won’t be entering the Republican presidential primary field and will instead continue to focus on running his state.
In a May 1 interview at the Milken Institute in Los Angeles with Gerard Baker, editor-at-large for The Wall Street Journal, when Baker asked Youngkin if he would be running for the White House later this year, Youngkin responded, “No.”
“I’m going to be working in Virginia this year,” the first-term governor added.
Specifically, Youngkin said he will focus on helping Republican candidates win legislative elections in Virginia. The commonwealth currently has a Democrat-majority Senate and a Republican-majority House of Delegates….