We are long overdue for an update on the gubernatorial race in Virginia, where Republican Winsome Sears, the commonwealth’s current lieutenant governor, is taking on Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who served from 2019 to 2024 in the U.S. House of Representatives, so let’s get down to it.
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As a reminder, the current Republican governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, cannot run for consecutive terms, so he’s not on the ballot this year. And Virginia is one of two states, the other being New Jersey, that have off-year elections. It’s not the most high-stakes of election cycles, but the results certainly could provide clues about how each party will fare in next year’s critical midterms.
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