A new Washington Post-Schar School poll finds Democrat Abigail Spanberger leads Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia’s gubernatorial race.

The former congresswoman holds a 12-point advantage over Earle-Sears, Virginia’s current lieutenant governor, according to the poll conducted between Sept. 25-29. Earle-Sears previously expressed “moral” opposition to same-sex marriage and deliberately misgendered Danica Roem, Virginia’s first openly transgender state senator, in 2024.

Democratic state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi leads Republican John Reid, a gay conservative talk show host, in the race for lieutenant governor; Democrat Jay Jones also leads incumbent Republican Jason Miyares for attorney general. Still, a significant margin of error fails to indicate a significant lead for either Democr

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