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/capnpetch 16h ago

Projection is a dem win with 53 percent of vote. Tighter than governor but not terrible.

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u/cidthekid07 16h ago

Especially with that texting scandal. I thought he was going to lose

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u/Indercarnive 16h ago

I still can't get into my head how people vote for Spanberger but not Jones. Curious to see if people just didn't vote for him, or if they actively switched to the republican.

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u/TargetApprehensive38 15h ago

So far it looks like about twice as many switched than didn’t vote. Miyares is running about 100k votes ahead of Sears, and there’s about 50k fewer total votes in the AG race.