So, unfortunately, it looks like there will NOT be a nasty, vicious Virginia Republican primary for governor through mid-June, as it appears that Winsome Earle-Sears will be the Republican nominee (given that both former Del. Dave LaRock and former State Senator Amanda Chase both failed to make the ballot). See below for a press release from the VA GOP (just ridiculous drivel if you actually read it – but maybe don’t, because…why even bother?), another from Earle-Sears’ campaign (which, of course, is full of lies, so don’t believe a word of it), and also one from the Democratic Party of Virginia – 100% factual about “Winsome Earle-Sears dismissing attacks on Virginia jobs and her dangerous record opposing reproductive rights.”
So, bottom line: we need to elect Abigail Spanberger this November, preferably by a HUGE margin (10+ points would be great) – to make sure that Democrats sweep all three statewide offices, to maximize the Democratic pickups in the House of Delegates, and to send a clear/resounding message nationwide about our rejection of Trump, Musk, DOGE, the assault on our democracy and civil liberties, etc. Let’s do this!
NEW: Virginia Democrats Release Video Highlighting Winsome Earle-Sears’ Extreme Record Following the Filing Deadline
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VIRGINIA – Following the deadline to file petitions to make the ballot for the 2025 Governor’s race in Virginia, the Democratic Party of Virginia released a new video highlighting Winsome Earle-Sears dismissing attacks on Virginia jobs and her dangerous record opposing reproductive rights.
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Read a transcript below:Narrator: Winsome Sears Republican nominee for governor, she’s so far right, she’s wrong for Virginia.
Winsome Earle-Sears: Just about everybody has lost a job.
Reporter: New unemployment claims in Virginia are skyrocketing.
Sears: This is life happening. Nothing in this life is guaranteed.
Reporter: Data shows more than 4,000 unemployment claims filed in the Commonwealth last week.
Reporter: An 81% increase over the same time last year.
Sears: And the media is making it out to be this huge, huge thing, and I don’t understand why.
Narrator: But the economy, not really her thing.
Sears: I don’t want to hear about your economic policies and how you’re going to build the country.
Narrator: What she’s really focused on is limiting a woman’s right to her reproductive freedom.
Sears: I believe that life begins at conception. I can’t support abortion.
Narrator: To women who get pregnant, even in cases of rape and incest, Sears is opposed to abortion.
Sears: We need to make our choices before we’re pregnant, not, you know, after you already made a choice.
Narrator: But there’s more. Sears even cast the deciding vote against protecting access to birth control.
Reporter: Winsome Sears, ultimately putting her no vote on the record for women’s contraception access.
Narrator: Winsome Sears, she’s so far right she’s wrong for Virginia.
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