After Disappointing Election, Youngkin Addresses Bid for White House

After losing control of both chambers, Virginia’s Republican governor will have an uphill battle implementing his agenda.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, here speaking in Smithfield, Va., in October 2022, is not on the commonwealth's 2023 ballot but his lobbying for a 15-week abortion ban puts him and abortion on voters' minds as they go to the polls in November in what is beiung called "the first election of 2024." Alex Wong/Getty Images

The morning after Virginia Republicans lost the majority in both chambers, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signaled that he would not run for president in 2024.

“My name is not on the ballot in New Hampshire. I have not been in Iowa, I am not in South Carolina, I am in Virginia,” Youngkin said at a press conference in front of the Richmond State Capitol on November 8.