FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA – One of the more closely contested races in the country is taking place in this historic colonial town about an hour south of Washington, D.C. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), the centrist former CIA agent who in 2018 flipped Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District, which had been run by the GOP for all of the 21st century, is facing a strong challenge from Yesli Vega, a police officer and sheriff’s deputy for Prince William County who is the daughter of Salvadoran immigrants.

Polling from the beginning of August showed Spanberger leading Vega by five points. Now, polling from the week before Election Day showed the race in a dead heat. Over the weekend, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), whom Donald Trump effectively chased out of Congress, endorsed Spanberger.

The race has been run, as they have across the country, on familiar themes of crime, inflation, and abortion rights. In the final weekend, I visited Spanberger’s district, speaking with voters in the reliably blue Fredericksburg, where the campaign’s headquarters is located.