Posted on 11/04/2025 6:24:58 PM PST by Morgana
Democrat Abigail Spanberger is projected to be elected Virginia’s first female governor Tuesday, defeating pro-life Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in a contest that pro-life advocates warned could transform the state into the “abortion capital of the South.”
With exit polling data and early precincts reporting, the abortion activist is projected to become Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office, according to Decision Desk HQ.
With 9% of the vote counted, Spanberger had a 56.7-43.4% lead over her pro-life challenger.
During the race, pro-life groups accused Spanberger of supporting “unlimited abortions up to birth” and sidestepping protections for infants who survive failed abortions.
Spanberger, a former CIA officer and three-term congresswoman from suburban Richmond, centered her campaign on countering the policies of President Donald Trump’s second term and addressing cost-of-living pressures.
But pro-life critics seized on her record, including a high-profile debate moment last month where she declined to respond when Earle-Sears asked whether a baby born alive after an abortion should receive appropriate medical treatment.
The exchange, captured on video, has fueled accusations that Spanberger backs a proposed state constitutional amendment enshrining abortion without limits, potentially blocking future pro-life regulations and even threatening Virginia’s parental consent law for minors.
During the debate, when pressed further on whether schools should notify parents before facilitating abortions for minors, Spanberger sidestepped the question entirely.
The controversy echoes a 2021 scandal in Fairfax County Public Schools, where officials secretly arranged taxpayer-funded abortions for at least two pregnant students without parental notification.
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, whom Earle-Sears served as lieutenant governor, launched a criminal probe into the matter earlier this year.
In a separate interview on live television, Spanberger had advocated strongly for expanded abortion, stating, “I think it is important that we have a constitutional guarantee of access to abortion.”
She added, “The question of abortion is a very politically charged one.”
Olivia Gans Turner, president of the Virginia Society for Human Life, warned that “under a Spanberger administration, Virginia would see unprecedented growth as an abortion destination and Virginia would become the abortion capital of the South.”
The Democrat party in the US is going to go down in history as the biggest organized crime operation in the world.
More so the biggest bunch of baby killers
Another Hillary? No, she’s a profound dunce. Hillary is twisted and evil, Spookburger is a dopey tool of Langley. Think Biden in a wig.
Disappointing, but not surprising. She kept a strong lead all the way through this race. Winsome-Sears fought the good fight. Maybe she will return to the political battlefield in the future, but not for a couple of years, I would suspect.
Her own GOP party seemed to keep her at arms length until it was too late to change any minds. Winsome Sears looks and sounds like a leader. I hope she can find some other way to serve the public, even after her stint of lieutenant gov. is done.
I hope she’s just a dunce! She said she wanted to make Virginia the “abortion capital of the south”? Then let’s hope she too stupid to make that happen.
Sadly it’s seems the left is on a counter attack.
X is saying Youngkin (R) in Virginia and also New Jersey (R) can’t recall name, are also losing Governor’s races.
On a related note I’m seeing communists (and I mean outright self proclaimed commies) on an unprecedented level on X.
Just one of many: https://x.com/commsurreallism/status/1985709917844750508
Blue gets Bluer.
Every Democrat I know is either 1) ignorant, 2) stupid, or 3) evil. Some are all three.
Perhaps this truly is the end times. There’s no other explanation. Normal people can’t be this stupid.
I can’t believe they elected a ho and a muzzie broad. Damn Feral employees. They are the bass turds we should be going after, NOT THE ICE GUYS.
I wonder if the schools would accommodate a student that needed a cavity filled. Oh, I see. They are just interested in getting jollies talking about sex. Got it.
The most disturbing election result is VA AG Jay Jones
1,447,055 voters (at this moment) approve of putting two bullets in your political opponent and watching his kids die in their mothers arms
VA is a dead State.
Spambergers! Way to go VA. Losers!
And we should expect Prop 50 to pass easily in California. The Democrats have been successful in using Trump as their lightning rod to get their voters to the polls especially liberal white women, and I suspect in California that group plus Trump hating Hispanics will get 50 passed. I can see Gavin Newsom gloating and smirking over this win because it it will be his launching point for his presidential candidacy.
We can use lessons learned from tonight and get to work in '26 and '28.
We'll win if we hold our coalition together. But the catch is that Trump's not running for President in '26 or '28.
She ran a terrible campaign.
President Trump will be out on the trail in 2026.
And her insane terrorist Muslim lieutenant governor is up next.
Islam is conquering this nation. It is not looking good.
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