The surprisingly close competition has revealed the depth of the party's dependence on Trump as a message and motivator.
Public polling has been moving in Republican newcomer Glenn Youngkin's direction in recent weeks. In contrast, Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a former governor and close ally of President Joe Biden, has tried to energize his base as Biden's approval ratings sink.
Youngkin - who has campaigned on "fighting back against the Radical Left and putting families first" - said on Saturday that he would not engage in Donald Trump's virtual "tele-rally" for his campaign on Monday.
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"I'm not going to be engaged in the tele-town hall," announced Youngkin. "The teams are talking, I'm sure."
On Saturday, Trump publicly supported Youngkin and foretold the controversy encompassing the school boards in the state would boost Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin's chances of winning Tuesday's election.
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Parents in the state have been fighting back against woke school boards where meetings have become a public battlefield. Hot button topics include banned books from school libraries that parents deem inappropriate, the rights of transgender students, and the teaching of critical race theory.
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In June, a father was arrested at a Loudoun County School Board meeting after confronting board members regarding his 15-year-old daughter being raped in a gender-neutral bathroom by a boy, 15, wearing a skirt. The boy has not been named because he is a minor. He was charged, and will be sentenced in November. In October, he was charged with sexually assaulting a different girl at a different school in the same Virginia school district.
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"I've been watching the school board hearings more closely than I ever have, to be honest, and it's so interesting," the former president told Fox News on Saturday.
"The parents are incensed. They're not terrorists. They're people that are just so upset."
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"I think he's going to do very well," Trump announced of Youngkin.
The former president hit McAuliffe for stating that parents should have no say in what their children are taught in school.
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"McAuliffe made a tremendous mistake. It's not a tremendous mistake from his standpoint," Trump announced. "He believes it."
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Trump explained that McAuliffe's statement would be just as "bad" as Hillary Clinton's infamous comment calling followers of the former president "deplorable."
"I think this is going to cause him tremendous problems come Tuesday," he said.
Trump prophesied that the Democratic strategy of linking Youngkin with him would backfire.
Although Trump hinted at a possible visit to Virginia in support of Youngkin, plans never materialized.
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