Winsome Earle-Sears faces strong headwinds in her campaign to be Virginia's next Republican governor. She's been outpaced in fundraising and lags in polling behind her Democratic rival, Rep. Abigail Spanberger. And the support from one voice that could narrow this race is largely absent. President Donald Trump has yet to endorse Earle-Sears, Virginia's current lieutenant governor. While slamming Spanberger during an event in Virginia for the U.S. Navy's 250th anniversary over the weekend, Trump did not mention Earle-Sears, a Marine Corps veteran, at all. Earle-Sears and Trump's relationship turned tepid in 2022 after the lieutenant governor suggested it was time for the Republican Party to "move on" past him and declined to support his third White House bid. "A true leader understands when
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