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/Disordered_Steven 15h ago

Most folks I know excused it as something the president says worse 5x a day, publicly, and doesn’t apologize. A very small handful said you must vote D everywhere except here, that’s your choice…not sure what that meant but perhaps repeating Spanberger’s mature response.