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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia gubernatorial race
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDemocrat Abigail Spanberger wins the governor’s race in Virginia, defeating Republican Winsome Earle-Sears. Spanberger will succeed Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, who is not allowed to run for a second consecutive term.
Her victory aligns with recent voting patterns in Virginia, which picks its governors the year after a presidential election and tends to elect someone of the opposite party of the president. Spanberger, a former case officer with the CIA, flipped a US House seat in Northern Virginia in 2018 and retired from Congress in 2024 to run for governor. She will be the state’s first female governor.
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