Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears Makes History Again; Video: Virginia Senate Committee on Federal Cuts
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Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears Makes History
After a potential challenge by two other Republicans, Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears is now the GOP nominee for Governor. The Marine Corps vet has been serving as LG in Virginia since 2022. She will take on former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger in a historic race that will feature two women as the nominees of the two major parties for the first time in Virginia’s history. Despite potential primary challenges by former State Senator Amanda Chase and former Delegate Dave LaRock, the Lt. Governor was the only one of the three to successfully collect the 10,000 signatures required to make the ballot.
Above: Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia Beach on Sept. 6, 2024 as she announced her run for Governor of Virginia.
Lt. Gov. Earle Sears, 61, is Virginia's first female Lieutenant Governor. She served in the Virginia House from 2002 to 2004. She also unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives against Rep. Bobby Scott in Virginia's 3rd congressional district in 2004. In 2018, she ran for the for the U.S. Senate. Earle-Sears is the first Black woman to win statewide office in Virginia
The race between Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears and Spanberger is likely to be reminiscent of the 2017 race between then Lt. Governor Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie. That race took place a year after Donald Trump was elected and Democrats benefited from the controversy his first term generated. On top of that, the historic swing against the party in the White House has been a consistent pattern that indicates that Democrats have an advantage.
Democrats will be looking to pick up seats in the Virginia House they now control 51-49. Several Republican Delegates have already fled into retirement as Democrats have found a way to field a candidate in 97 of 100 seats, in large part because of the recruiting efforts of Dr. Fergie Reid, Jr. The headwinds against the GOP appear to be getting stiffer as the stock market is down 20 percent for the year so far as President Trump stokes trade wars and economic uncertainty. The Lt. Governor is polling behind former Rep. Spanberger in all of the polls taken so far. She will have to find a way to navigate the decisions of Donald Trump and the historic trends that favor Democrats in an off year after a Republican wins The White House.
Black Virginia News podcast 🎙️ Episode 41, Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears with President Trump and Gov. Youngkin in Salem, Virginia
Virginia Senate Committee on Federal Decisions on Virginia
On Feb. 2, the Virginia Senate’s Special Subcommittee on Federal Impacts to Resources met, the video of the hearing is below.
“We created this special subcommittee so that we can assess how changes in federal policy, grant funding, and employment may affect the Commonwealth's resources and our ability to deliver services to Virginians. Our objective is to conduct a thorough examination of these changes in order to better understand the impact on the fiscal conditions of the Commonwealth and how the state may need to respond accordingly,” said Senator L. Louise Lucas, at the start of the hearing.
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