Posted on 09/05/2024 8:00:59 AM PDT by DFG
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) filed paperwork this week to run for governor next year in the state.
Sears’s paperwork was accepted by Virginia’s Department of Elections on Wednesday, according to Nexstar’s Richmond affiliate WRIC. The Hill is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
The development comes after Sears’s team said on Wednesday she would be making a “special announcement” in Virginia Beach on Thursday.
Sears is the first Republican to jump into the off-year race that will likely dominate campaign news next year. Late last year, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) launched her own campaign for the governor’s mansion.
The lieutenant governor, who is a former state delegate, is the first woman of color and second woman to hold statewide office in Virginia. The commonwealth has never had a female governor, making a potential Sears versus Spanberger matchup historic. Sears would also be the first Black female governor in U.S. history.
Sears and Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R ) made waves in the political universe in 2021 when they flipped they flipped the blue leaning state, one year after President Biden’s general election victory over former President Trump. Youngkin and Sears focused their campaign on what they called parents’ rights in education, zeroing in on curriculums in public schools.
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She is going to win.
Time to invest in Florida, Idaho and Texas real estate.
And if you though that real estate values in Aspen, Jackson Hole, Palm Beach, Park City had hit peak astronomical levels, just wait until Sears drives out all the wealth still left in the state.
Another two faced back stabbing RINO. Might as well be a Demtard. Our side’s greatest weakness is how gullible we are. A black person starts talking conservative language and we get all misty eyed and damp in our drawers. Not me, no more.
Wasn’t she bad mouthing Trump awhile back?
>> Winsome turned on Trump
Correct, but the news sources I found said it was after the “red wave” failed in 2022, not after Mar-a-lago, and I saw no mention of “trump the criminal” in anything she said. She simply said (in 2022) that she could not support President Trump in 2024.
And — for what it’s worth — there’s this interesting little item:
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-vp-crush-winsome-sears/
Has she perhaps changed her tune? I hope so. There are many things I like about Ms. Sears. But not her abandoning President Trump; I don’t like that at all!
FRegards
>>I liked her until Trump and Mar a Lago were raided and he was indicted. Winsome turned on Trump on day one and said she was done with the criminal.<<
I remember that. I was pretty shocked and decided I WAS DONE WITH WINSOME SEARS.
She is. Being a “POC,” the media is undoubtedly going to run glowing pieces about how historic her candidacy is. /s
She’s a good one.
Virginia Governors only serve one term.
She is running against the loathsome Abigale Spanburger (D) the current congresswoman for Virginia 7th district. Spanburger is giving up her congressional seat to run for Governor and the democrats are running the deplorable Eugene (Yevgeny Semyonovich) Vindman for her seat.
Yes, that Vindman… brother of Alexander Vindman. These are the Ukrainian POS traitors that started Trumps first impeachment.
The democrats can only carry the 7th district because of gerrymandering with the lower half of (NoVa) Prince William county, the remaing counties are all rural red Virginia Trump country. The republican candidate for Virginia 7th is Derrick Anderson, a US Army special forces combat veteran.
This is my district… this is my hell.
Clown Central.
Sears likely opponent, the Dem Spanberger, is yet another ‘former’ CIA agent the DS hopes to advance in political office.
There should be a ‘No Spooks in Office’ policy.
One term limit in VA. Non-consecutive allowed.
Never knew that. We don’t need one more impressionable weakling.
She turned on him after Jan 6. Unforgivable!
Maybe. They say AG stands for Aspiring Governor.
Same for me. I’m very sorry she jumped to that conclusion and came out against Trump.
Correct, she didn’t say the words he is a criminal but in the interview I saw which was after and in response to the indictment regarding Maralago and she was pretty, um, disgusted, so to me it was heavily implied.
She was front abd center before that but awol in the news since. I don’t know about her relationship with Youngkin who is very visible, but they have not been not together that I have seen, since she made the Trump comments.
That said, I will vote for her against Spamberger.
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