Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears sparred frequently and bitterly Thursday during their only debate of this fall's Virginia governor’s race — and much of it wasn’t even about the two candidates onstage. Rather, the hourlong showdown at Norfolk State University — in which the moderators repeatedly asked Earle-Sears to refrain from talking over her opponent — most prominently centered on Virginia’s Democratic nominee for attorney general, Jay Jones .
Abigail Spanberger and Winsome Earle-Sears clash over Jay Jones' violent texts in lone Virginia governor's debate

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