CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Early voting is officially underway in Virginia, and both gubernatorial candidates spent Friday encouraging Virginians to head to the polls.

Republican nominee Winsome Earle-Sears rallied supporters in Chesterfield alongside her ticket mates, Lieutenant Governor nominee John Reid and Attorney General Jason Miyares. They were joined by Governor Glenn Youngkin and Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

“This election is about the vision of the future of Virginia for our children,” Earle-Sears told the crowd. “And it starts today, with your votes.”

Youngkin urged Republicans to mobilize, saying, “If we donate and we vote and we volunteer and we put signs in our yard and we pray we will win, and Winsome Earle-Sears will be our governor.”

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