"Spanberger, a former three-term congresswoman and CIA officer, won with more than 57 per cent of vote - with 87 per cent of it counted - to become Virginia's first female governor. "We sent a message to every corner of the commonwealth, a message to our neighbours and our fellow Americans across the country," Spanberger told her supporters following her victory. "We sent a message to the whole world that in 2025, Virginia chose pragmatism over partisanship. "We chose our commonwealth over chaos.""
"During the race in Virginia, Earle-Sears - who wildly claimed during a debate it was not discriminatory to fire someone for being gay - used anti-trans ads to attack Spanberger. In one, Earle-Sears alleged the Democrat wants to see "men in girls' locker rooms". It concluded with the claim "Abigail Spanberger is for they/them, not us" - language which directly echoed a 'trans panic' ad used by Trump against Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election."
Winsome Earle-Sears, Virginia's lieutenant governor since 2022, ran for governor while emphasizing anti-trans culture-war issues and deploying anti-trans advertising. Abigail Spanberger, a former three-term congresswoman and CIA officer, won with more than 57 percent of the vote with 87 percent counted to become Virginia's first female governor. Spanberger framed the result as a choice of pragmatism over partisanship and commonwealth over chaos. Earle-Sears claimed during a debate that firing someone for being gay was not discriminatory and ran ads accusing Spanberger of supporting "men in girls' locker rooms" and saying "they/them." Spanberger said about $30 million in attack ads related to trans youth had been run and called the messaging fearmongering. The outcome coincided with other pro-LGBTQ+ Democratic wins nationwide.
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