Democrat Spanberger wins Virginia governor race with message on DOGE, cost of living
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Democrat Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia's next governor, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
Spanberger, who previously served three terms in the U.S. House, defeated her Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. She'll be Virginia's first woman governor.
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The contest received national attention as one of the first major tests of voter sentiment in response to the Trump administration's policies.
Virginia is home to around 320,000 federal workers and hundreds of thousands of federal contractors. On the campaign trail, Spanberger argued that federal layoffs, cutbacks by President Trump's Department of Government Eff
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