Debating the debates: Spanberger, Earle-Sears to face off Oct. 9
Both campaigns turned down other forums before agreeing to Norfolk State event, their first head-to-head clash of the race
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What's at stake when Spanberger and Earle-Sears debate Thursday night
Former Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears are set to debate on television Thursday in their first and likely only meeting of the Virginia gubernatorial race. Spanberger — a Democrat critical of the Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress over Medicaid cuts and federal workforce layoffs — will
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The nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general spoke about Medicaid access, incarceration, disaster preparedness and voting rights at a virtual forum recently hosted by The Arc of Virginia and other disability advocacy groups. Almost 12% of Virginians have a disability as of 2021, according to the Virginia Wellbeing
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