The FiveThirtyEight polling average in Virginia shows Glenn Youngkin (R) overtaking Terry McAuliffe (D) for the first time, 47.5% to 46.9%.

“Terry McAuliffe has brought in the biggest names in Democratic politics to come to his aid in Virginia’s hotly contested gubernatorial race: Obama, Harris, Abrams, Biden (both Joe and Jill),” the AP reports.

“Glenn Youngkin, meanwhile, is campaigning with… Glenn Youngkin.”

“That decision to go solo is a deliberate strategy by his team to keep voters’ focus on state, rather than national, issues. But it’s also an acknowledgment that a parade of GOP visitors would only undermine Youngkin’s attempt to keep his party — and its leader, former President Donald Trump — at arm’s length.”

Just days ahead of the vote in the race for Virginia governor, conservative radio host Mark Levin is sharing a conspiracy theory that Terry McAuliffe (D) is plotting to “steal the election,” Mediaite reports.

Politico: “Republicans started the year watching the Senate slip away in Georgia — and fretting that Donald Trump’s takeover of the party was so complete that the base wouldn’t show up for them without Trump himself on the ballot. Now, those fears have largely evaporated.”

“Republicans hold an enormous edge in enthusiasm that could make the difference in the upcoming Virginia governor’s race, according to both public and private polling. What’s most notable in Virginia is that it’s Glenn Youngkin — a candidate who accepted Trump’s endorsement but has held the former president at arm’s length during the campaign — who stands to benefit from the electrified GOP base, which is instead animated by President Joe Biden’s sagging ratings and Democrats’ total control in Washington and Richmond.”

A new Washington Post-Schar School poll in Virginia finds Terry McAuliffe (D) just ahead of Glenn Youngkin (R) in the race for governor among likely voters, 49% to 48%.

“Youngkin is fueled by an 18-point advantage among independent likely voters, up from an eight-point advantage last month — a significant swing in a group that could determine the election’s outcome.”

A new Fox News poll in Virginia shows Glenn Youngkin (R) leading Terry McAuliffe (D) in the race for governor among likely voters, 53% to 46%.

That’s a big shift from two weeks ago, when McAuliffe was ahead, 51% to 46%.

Among the larger poll of registered voters, Youngkin leads 48% to 47%.

“Recent polls have the high-stakes Virginia governor’s race as a neck-and-neck contest between Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin — and that means it could take days to determine the winner,” Politico reports.

Washington Post: An army of poll watchers — many driven by the GOP’s “election integrity” push — turns out across Virginia.

Former President Donald Trump teased a possible visit to Virginia in a cryptic statement.

A new Monmouth poll in New Jersey finds Gov. Phil Murphy (D) leading challenger Jack Ciattarelli (R), 50% to 39%.

A range of probabilistic electorate models show Murphy with a lead between 8 and 14 points depending on the scenario.

New York Post: “Biden mentioned Trump by name 24 times during a brisk, 17-minute speech in a park near the Pentagon in northern Virginia, attempting to use his predecessor’s legacy to bash Republican Glenn Youngkin, who is tied with McAuliffe in polls in a state Biden won by 10 points just a year ago.”

“There was talk of schmoozing with murderous gang members, and accusations of hiding money to evade paying child support. Pagliacci, the tortured clown of the 19th-century opera, was name-checked. So was Miley Cyrus,” the New York Times reports.

“All of this came up Tuesday night in an explosive second and final New York City mayoral debate between Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee, and Curtis Sliwa, the Republican.”