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Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
Republican nominee for; Governor of Virginia
	Election date; November 2, 2021
Running mate	Winsome Sears
Opponent	TBD
Incumbent	Ralph Northam
Personal details
Born	December 9, 1966 (age 57); Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Residence(s)	Great Falls, Virginia
Education	Rice University (BS, BA); Harvard University (MBA)
Occupation	Businessman
Website	www.youngkinforgovernor.com

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Significant coverage

National coverage

Kelly, Jason (2012). The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 29–33, 39–40.

7 pages

Sender, Henny; Espinoza, Javier (October 25, 2017). "Carlyle profiles: closer look at founders and new management". Financial Times.

5 full paragraphs

Gottfried, Miriam (October 27, 2017). "Carlyle's Next Generation: A Deal Whiz and a Homegrown Quarterback". Wall Street Journal.

8 full paragraphs

Wiggi, Kaye; Vandevelde, Mark (July 21, 2020). "Carlyle co-chief Glenn Youngkin to step down". Financial Times.

full article

Lewis, Adam (July 21, 2020). "Carlyle co-CEO Glenn Youngkin to retire, leaving reins to Kewsong Lee". PitchBook.

full article

Cooper, Rebecca (July 21, 2020). "Glenn Youngkin to retire as co-CEO of the Carlyle Group, Kewsong Lee will remain as CEO". Washington Business Journal.

full article

Perlberg, Heather (July 23, 2020). "Carlyle Co-CEO's Abrupt Exit Caps a Long, Awkward Power Struggle". Bloomberg News.

full article

Georgescu, Peter (January 21, 2021). "A Scalable System To Lower Unemployment". Forbes.

full article

Vozzella, Laura (January 27, 2021). "Former Carlyle executive Glenn Youngkin joins race for Virginia governor". Washington Post.

full article

"Millionaire investor joins Virginia governor contest". Associated Press. January 27, 2021.

full article

Greenwood, Max (January 27, 2021). "Former private equity executive launches bid for Virginia governor". The Hill.

full article

Fordham, Evie (January 28, 2021). "Former Carlyle Group executive Glenn Youngkin runs for Virginia governor". Fox Business.

full article

Singman, Brooke (February 15, 2021). "Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate launches 'election integrity task force' ahead of combative race". Fox News.

full article

Gabriel, Trip (May 10, 2021). "Glenn Youngkin Wins G.O.P. Nomination for Virginia Governor". New York Times.

Jamerson, Joshua (May 10, 2021). "Glenn Youngkin Wins GOP Nomination for Virginia Governor". Wall Street Journal.

Vozzella, Laura; Schneider, Gregory S. (May 10, 2021). "Former CEO Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia GOP governor nomination after last challenger concedes". Washington Post.

Paviour, Ben (May 10, 2021). "Virginia GOP Chooses Political Newcomer Youngkin As Nominee For Governor". NPR.

Seitz-Wald, Alex; Gomez, Henry J.; Clark, Dartunorro (May 10, 2021). "Virginia Republicans nominate Glenn Youngkin for governor". NBC News.

Levy, Adam; Cohen, Ethan (May 10, 2021). "Businessman Glenn Youngkin captures GOP nomination for Virginia governor". CNN.

Navarro, Aaron (May 11, 2021). "Glenn Youngkin wins Republican nomination in Virginia governor's race". CBS News.

Manchester, Julia (May 10, 2021). "Former CEO Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia GOP gubernatorial convention". The Hill.

Paviour, Ben (May 10, 2021). "Glenn Youngkin's Pitch: Tighter Voting Laws, Broader GOP Tent, and Money to Make it Happen". VPM Media. NPR News.

State coverage (Virginia) (sample early coverage)

Leonor, Mel (January 27, 2021). "Glenn Youngkin, former Carlyle Group co-CEO, announces GOP run for governor". Richmond Times-Dispatch.

full article

"Glenn Youngkin announces run for Virginia governor". WAVY. January 27, 2021.

full article

--Oxenriver (talk) 03:44, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

added more Oxenriver (talk) 13:29, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox for candidates who have never held elected office

Youngkin is a nominee/candidate, not an elected politician. He has never held elected office, and therefore he requires the Template:Infobox_officeholder#Nominee/candidate. Please see the example set forth at Template:Infobox_officeholder/example#Nominee/candidate. Pinging KidAd. Thank you. Oxenriver (talk) 02:50, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

He does not require anything. That infobox formatting is ugly and unnecessary. Seeing as he has never held elective office, he should have a "infobox person" anyway. KidAd • SPEAK 03:11, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RfC on infobox

Should this Glenn Youngkin article have a nominee/candidate infobox (Template:Infobox officeholder#Nominee/candidate)? The nominee/candidate infobox would look like this (shown on the right), matching the example set forth at Template:Infobox officeholder/example#Nominee/candidate. Youngkin's Democratic opponent will be announced and filled in after the Democratic primary on June 8. Oxenriver (talk) 00:26, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Youngkin is not an elected politician and has never held political office. The nominee infobox provides the pertinent information needed by readers who are looking at the article to find information on his candidacy. If he loses the gubernatorial election, the infobox will simply revert to a Template:infobox person, the same as it did with the above-linked example of Ralph Nader, a candidate who has and had never held elected political office. Oxenriver (talk) 00:26, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It looks bad. And being a nominee for political office is not a position, role, or office. Just change it to "infobox person" until after the election. KidAd • SPEAK 00:29, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This infobox is standard for nominees to significant office who have never held elected office. In what way does it look bad? You added the original Template:infobox politician to the article: [1]. Oxenriver (talk) 00:37, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What's your point? That template is a variation of the "officeholder" template commonly used for unelected candidates. KidAd • SPEAK 02:29, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's exactly the point: this is the template commonly used for unelected candidates and that's why it should be used here for this currently unelected candidate. In what way does it look bad? Oxenriver (talk) 01:03, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support. the nominee infobox looks like a good choice Nerguy (talk) 12:35, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as we don't make such infoboxes for candidates, but only for office holders. Should he get elected VA governor, then create an infobox. GoodDay (talk) 15:18, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This infobox is specifically for nominated candidates who have not previously held elected office; that's why it exists to be used. Please see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#Nominee/candidate. This Glenn Youngkin article already has an Template:infobox politician at the top -- please view the article. This RfC is about using the Template:Infobox officeholder/example#Nominee/candidate instead, since Youngkin is not yet an elected politician. Oxenriver (talk) 01:03, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support - this is a nominee, this is the nominee infobox. I'm not understanding the opposers saying that this is the wrong infobox. We have to consider who will read and search for this page - likely a member of the public interested in the election who wants to know more about the candidate, and knowing who their running mate is at a first glance, for example, might be a good thing. Hentheden (talk) 23:28, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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George Soros fearmongering

Why did the editor PerpetuityGrat remove content about Youngkin fearmongering about how the right-wing boogeyman George Soros was ruining education in Virginia? One of the key themes in Youngkin's campaign revolves around education in Virginia. I fail to see why we should note that Youngkin attributes the poor states of education in Virginia to George Soros. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:45, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, pretty rude tone right off the bat, but I'll stay above the fray. I didn't remove the quote quote because it was aimed at, as you put it, "the right-wing boogeyman George Soros," but rather because the sentence is entirely unencyclopedic. And for the record since you insinuated on my talk page that I'm some WP:UPE, no I'm not. I've made edits to both Glenn Youngkin and Terry McAuliffe articles. --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 06:07, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide citations in article

Wikipedia is not a political soapbox please provide rs before posting hitjobs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.49.109.224 (talk) 17:44, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So you do not think the WP is an RS?Slatersteven (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Calling Jpcase for input since their edit is in question. Personally, I see nothing obviously questionable about [2], [3], or [4], so what's the issue? They're not opinion article as claimed; the Post clearly marks any such articles. The other stuff added in the lead is already supported by references in the body of the article, such as [5] and [6]. clpo13_(talk) 17:49, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The issue to me is that the positions summary seems to consist of the talking points from his opponents. Youngkin himself would say his campaign is largely about job creation, public saftey etc, whereas his opponents would say essentially what the summary says. Would it not be better to write a positions summary that better meets in the middle? lamevon_(talk) 14:32, 26 October 2021 (ETC)

Excessive negative fact-checks

There're several excessively negative fact-checks in the politics section that discusses education which makes this article read quite unbalanced and to make matters worse a few fact-checks were removed from his opponent's page, if fact-checks are allowed they should either be on both pages or none at all. 70.191.130.23 (talk) 19:43, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]