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The Democratic and Republican candidates for Virginia's governor rehashed familiar arguments in their final debate last night. VPM reviewed their claims against prior fact checks.

During the last governor debate, candidate Glenn Youngkin accused former Gov. Terry McAuliffe of changing his position on ending qualified immunity. PolitiFact reviewed his statements.

Virginians faced significant hurdles getting unemployment throughout the pandemic. Gov. Ralph Northam said checks haven't always arrived at an "acceptable" pace, but maintains the state performed six overall compared to the rest of the U.S.

Health policy and industry experts say a hospital stay for COVID-19 costs about $17,064

Rep. Bob Good has questioned the value of cloth masks in reducing the spread of COVID-19. PolitiFact VA reviewed the available evidence, and finds Good's conclusion is false.

Once and possible future Gov. Terry McAuliffe says in a web ad that his opponent this year, Republican Glenn Youngkin, was a “big fan” of McAuliffe’s governorship from 2014-2018. What's the story behind the ad?

Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin says recent Democratic governors have pushed Virginia into economic decline and people are moving out. PolitiFact found the economic impact largely came from the federal government and free market housing policies - not state leaders - but he's not wrong about people leaving the state.

Although former Gov. Terry McAuliffe did turn around a bad financial situation, it's not true that he inherited a large deficit from his GOP predecessor.

Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin says that Terry McAuliffe, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, wants to restrict Virginia schools from teaching about the 4th of July and the Pledge of Allegiance.

“The very first Republican convention after the Civil War was held in Virginia in a Black church,” Winsome Sears said during a May 13 interview on Fox News. Her historical claim was new to us, and we decided to fact check it.