What happens when Virginia — once a reliable red state — hands the governor’s mansion back to Democrats? The answer could have consequences far beyond Richmond.
Democrat Abigail Spanberger has officially defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, becoming Virginia’s first female governor. CNN called the race with Spanberger taking 55.1 percent of the vote to Earle-Sears’ 44.7 percent.
Spanberger, a former CIA officer backed by Barack Obama, campaigned on expanding abortion access and undoing key policies from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s term — including his Executive Order directing state and local law enforcement to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to identify and remove illegal aliens.
That pledge — to reverse Youngkin’s immigration enforcement efforts — may be the clearest signal yet of where Spanberger plans to take Virginia. Her win gives Democrats another foothold in the mid-Atlantic, and conservatives warn it could turn the state into a testing ground for Biden-style policies at the state level: open-border leniency, higher spending, and aggressive social agendas.
Earle-Sears, a Marine Corps veteran and one of the most prominent Black conservatives in America, fought to keep Virginia on the path of economic recovery and educational accountability championed by Youngkin. Despite her strong grassroots support, the wave of Democrat turnout — boosted by Obama’s endorsement and heavy spending from progressive groups — was too strong to overcome.
In a campaign ad featuring the former president himself, Obama warned that Republicans would “keep attacking abortion rights and the rights of women.” That message, combined with Spanberger’s national security credentials and suburban appeal, helped Democrats regain control of the governor’s mansion they lost just four years ago.
For conservatives, the loss is a reminder of how quickly gains can be reversed when voter turnout dips. Spanberger’s victory not only reshapes the future of Virginia’s policy on immigration, policing, and parental rights — it also energizes Democrats heading into 2026.
Virginia may have chosen its first female governor, but for many, it also just chose to walk back the common-sense reforms that had helped restore stability and accountability across the state.
The voters will regret this.
The same tactic, the Democrats used in the midterms of 2022.—Abortion & women’s rights! Stupid, stupid women!! Women never did lose their right to abortion and control of their body.. Abortion was just handed to the states to do how they fit. If you could not get an abortion in the state you lived in, you could just go to another state that did grant abortions. Obama needs eradicated!