Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governorās race Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to give Democrats a key victory heading into the 2026 midterm elections and make history as the first woman ever to lead the commonwealth.
Spanbergerās victory will flip partisan control of the governorās office when she succeeds outgoing Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
Also Tuesday, Democrat Ghazala F. Hashmi won the lieutenant governorās race and will succeed Earle-Sears. Hashmi is the first Muslim woman to win a statewide office in the U.S.
Spanberger, a former congresswoman and CIA case officer, won with a campaign emphasizing economic issues, a strategy that may serve as a model for other Democrats in next yearās elections as they try to break Donald Trumpās and Republicansā hold on power in Washington and gain ground in statehouses.
Do you have to win a majority? Plurality? Ranked choice?
Just a plurality in NY, but getting the majority means republicans canāt use Sliwa not dropping out as an excuse.
The latest copium theyāre smoking is that Sliwa not dropping out convinced potential Cuomo voters not to show up. They think all Sliwaās voters would have gone to Cuomo, plus a bunch more non-voters would have surely shown up.
Anyoneās fault but the sex pest, I suppose.
What definetly helped was Trumpās last minute endorsement of Cuomo. Iām sure that swung a few voters to Mandami
Never mind Cuomoās weird threat of āelect me or Trump will invade the cityā, like he was already gonna do that either way my dude.