BUENA VISTA, Va. (WDBJ) -Monday marked the 54th annual Labor Day Parade in Buena Vista and the unofficial start of Virginia’s election season. Candidates from all the major statewide races participated in the parade, as did a number of candidates from local races.

During the event, WDBJ7 spoke with both candidates for Governor, Abigail Spanberger and Winsome Earle-Sears, about their platforms and how they say their policies will support our hometowns.

“What they’re paying for electrical rates, we’ve got to fix that. It can’t be that the people of the Southwest, especially, are trying to figure out whether or not they’re going to pay for their groceries or their rent, or their electric bill. It can’t be that way; something’s got to give, and I’m the person to fight for the people of the S

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