Critical race theory is a potent issue in the Virginia governor’s race

School board meetings like that have reemerged this year as front lines in the culture war. On Tuesday, for example, the board in Virginia Beach, the state’s largest city, voted down a resolution 7 to 4 that was designed to ban CRT. The governor’s race will be decided in the counties along Interstates 95, 66 and 64 where, not coincidentally, those meetings have turned especially heated.