by Justin Soutar
Next week, we the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia will elect a female governor for the first time in the nearly 250-year history of our state. This unprecedented and interesting two-woman gubernatorial race pits our popular black Republican Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears--a Jamaican immigrant, Marine veteran, mother, small business owner, first black female state delegate and lieutenant governor, and patriot--against corrupt white former CIA agent and three-term Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger. We will also elect a new lieutenant governor and cast votes for attorney general, state senators and state delegates.
Virginia's off-year election contest is drawing national attention because the results will be widely interpreted as indicating the relative strengths or weaknesses of the Republican and Democratic Parties nationwide one year after Republicans swept the White House and Congress and one year before the next elections for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. In many respects, Virginia is a microcosm of the United States as a whole, so any major shifts in the balance of power in Richmond will serve as a barometer for the political weather to expect in the national 2026 elections.
Historically a reliably Republican state, Virginia was unfortunately bought out by the Democratic political machine in 2008 and has voted for every Democratic presidential candidate since then thanks to massive Democratic spending on election advertising and widespread voter fraud in the Commonwealth. However, the illegitimate Democratic occupation of Virginia has never been completely secure, and it has remained a battleground state. In 2009, just one year after Obama carried the state, we handily elected a Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, and the following year Republicans regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Again in 2021, the year after Biden carried Virginia by ten points, we elected a Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, as well as a Republican lieutenant governor and attorney general, and the year following that, Republicans again reclaimed the House.
What will happen in the Commonwealth next week? There are three main possibilities: 1) Republicans may retain the three statewide offices and the House of Delegates and regain a majority in the State Senate; 2) Democrats may seize all three statewide offices, retain control of the State Senate, and take over the House of Delegates; 3) a mixed result, with minor adjustments to the current configuration, several close and disputed elections, Democrats seizing one or two statewide offices, and each political party celebrating some victories. The Democratic cartel is spending massive amounts of money--some of it from George Soros and the Chinese Communist Party--in a major attempt to reclaim control of the statewide offices, which may seem to favor option 2 and to render option 1 very unlikely. However, Virginia, like the nation as a whole, remains deeply divided politically, so option 3 is probably the most likely outcome. And Donald Trump only lost Virginia by a few points last year, so Republicans may yet manage to pull off a general victory.
This author fully expects Winsome Earle-Sears to win the gubernatorial election, for many reasons. The Republican Party in Virginia is growing stronger, better organized and better funded due to the continuing Trump effect. Millions of Virginians are very happy with the Republican leadership of Governor Glenn Youngkin, Lieutenant Governor Sears, and Attorney General Jason Miyares these past four years on a wide range of issues from abortion to education to taxes to illegal immigration, and these people are energized and turning out in huge numbers to vote Republican. Winsome's traditional values of common sense, hard work, freedom, family, and faith resonate with and represent the average Virginia voter. She has run an excellent grassroots campaign, fundraising aggressively, communicating effectively, and clearly exposing Spanberger's corruption, radicalism, and anger. She will win a significant share of the black vote. Winsome has been tied or very close to Spanberger in the polls since August despite her opponent's two-to-one fundraising advantage. And finally, Governor Youngkin has taken steps within the past two years to clean Virginia's voter rolls and ensure the integrity of our elections.
Virginia will make history next week, and Republicans and their supporters will have much to celebrate!
Copyright © 2025 Justin D. Soutar.
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