Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (left), and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. (Photos by Parker Michels-Boyce and Mechelle Hankerson for the Virginia Mercury)
After months of polarized campaigning, the two women faced off at Norfolk State University, sparring over the Jay Jones controversy, political rhetoric, and abortion as moderators pushed hard to keep order
Virginia’s Republican nominee omitted high-value gifts and donor-funded travel from ethics filings, part of what experts call a troubling pattern of secrecy and self-policing failure
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
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