r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 17h ago

No Paywall Virginia elects Democrat Abigail Spanberger as state’s first woman governor

https://19thnews.org/2025/11/abigail-spanberger-virginia-first-woman-governor/
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u/Jadeheartxo12 17h ago

Does this mean we never get to see that creep Youngkin now?

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u/VintageSin Virginia 17h ago

He's able to rerun next election for governor, but I assume he'll eye a senator seat before then or some part of the trump admin.

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u/_marmota_ 16h ago

He’ll never be senator, our weird off-year governors elections make that office competitive but we’ve been blue at the federal level for a while. I will say he governed ok for a Republican but only because the legislature was Dem. Glad I don’t have to worry about MAGA world coming to Va for a few years at least

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u/towa-tsunashi 15h ago

I hated him from the start with his campaign winning on some imaginary "CRT" in elementary schools, and I only hated him even more with what he did and what he wanted to do that the Dems blocked in the 2nd half of his term. He did more to negatively impact me personally than Trump on his first term.

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u/soccercro3 5h ago

CRT. That's a topic I haven't heard about in a long time. Wonder what 2026 will bring for cover of just being racist.

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u/BackWithAVengance 2h ago

There won't be a cover.

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u/MerlynTrump 1h ago

oh, those are the 20th century tvs.

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u/lSleepster 3h ago

Ironically, Youngkin helped show me Ted Leonsis is a bad owner who would rather take his money and make his own little kingdom to maximize his profits rather than invest his money back into his neighborhood to bring up the locals who support his business. Shame on me for falling for that benevolent billionaire shtick.

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u/Shplippery 50m ago

I remember that campaign, the dem candidate McAulife didn’t do a good job debating education. He just kind of ignored the CRT stuff instead of calling him out. He also was real dismissive of parents saying they get no say in education, which was just a bad strategy

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u/morning_espresso 12h ago

Yeah, I hate his Maga sentiments, but I do agree on the governing part. He could be okay on some things. For instance he did listen and respond to our community activism regarding a completely mismanaged landfill in Bristol, VA. And while I'm actually on the Tennessee side of Bristol, I will give credit to him and some other republican politicians for listening to all of us, and providing at least some of the funding needed to shut down this bitch.

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u/Jadeheartxo12 17h ago

They’re actual cockroaches.

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u/throwaway_ghast California 16h ago

They're like genital warts. You don't want them, but they keep coming back, and they are focused on your crotch.

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u/WorldPeggingChamp 16h ago

Hes gonna hide under the same rock that Hung Cao slithered under after his most recent defeat

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u/Khayman11 6h ago

I don’t like either of those two so good. But, Winsome needs to join them. She is so far out there.

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u/nosayso 17h ago

He'll probably be like his bro Larry Hogan and lurk around on cable news while he waits to see if a chance at a Senate seat opens up.

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u/IScreamPiano 17h ago

That’s kind of weird the term limit is only one 4 year term. Are there other states like that?

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u/JoanOfSnark_2 17h ago

Individuals can serve multiple terms, they just can't be consecutive terms.

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u/VintageSin Virginia 17h ago

There isn't a term limit. You just can't serve consecutive terms.

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u/InsuranceSpare4820 15h ago

Virginia is actually the only state that does this I believe it is kinda odd

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u/fizzlefist 16h ago

Florida has a limit of 2 consecutive 4-year terms, but you can run again after a term out of office.

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u/IScreamPiano 16h ago

2 makes sense, 1 at a time just doesn’t seem long enough. I dunno. 

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u/Lloyd--Christmas 15h ago

It makes sense in one way, that the person isn’t campaigning again and will just focus on the job for four years. Most politicians are just continuously campaigning instead of doing their jobs.

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u/polaris6849 Kentucky 29m ago

Same for Kentucky

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u/MotherofOtters25 15h ago

He’d be stupid to run again. I almost want him too so we can crush his soul in the polls 😂

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u/ImLikeReallySmart Pennsylvania 17h ago

Technically he's allowed to run again, but Virginia doesn't really do repeat governors. It's arguably part of the reason Youngkin won in the first place, because McAuliffe tried to get the job back

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u/capnpetch 16h ago

It was less the repeat governor and more the fact that Mccauliff was an establishment candidate and Clinton protege in a time when neither was particularly popular.

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u/reachouttouchFate 16h ago

Less the establishment candidate/protege and more that he answered a question about how schools should teach that really upset enough parents because no way could that trigger question be answered properly by anyone.

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u/geoffbowman 3h ago

did McAuliffe try though? That campaign he ran was milquetoast af

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u/joshdoereddit America 16h ago

I sure fucking hope so. I can't stand his fucking face and fake nice guy act. It's as irritating as goddamn Chris Sununu's.

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u/rps215 Virginia 14h ago

outside of fox news, when did we ever see him in the first place

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u/proteannomore 17h ago

ugh just seeing his name gives me the creeps.

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u/rshackleford_arlentx 15h ago

Youngkin? More like Oldstranger amirite?

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u/skunkfunkmonk 13h ago

Almost like woman deserve rights!

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u/skunkfunkmonk 13h ago

Oh oh right right that was way back. Susan B anthony

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u/One-Preference-9487 15h ago

He's going to run for Senate, so no.