Hashmi said there actually are things state leaders can do as far as making Virginia more affordable.

"I can do what I've been working on for six years now in the Virginia Senate: focusing on housing affordability, affordability of childcare, making sure that education, especially opportunities for career and technical programs, college education, that those things are actually affordable for our families," said Hashmi. "We've been making progress. We have an opportunity in the next administration to really move the needle, most especially on the impacts for our working families. Childcare is out of the reach of so many families."

Hashmi said childcare is one area where the right policies could have a big impact.

"We were making great progress before the Youngkin administration came in,

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