Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears ‘s campaign is having to carry on without her, with less than one week before Election Day , after Democrats’ surprise redistricting move called her back to Richmond .

The move from Democrats, the latest in a string of redistricting efforts from both parties, set off a wave of Republican outrage and confusion among voters gathered to see her at a campaign stop in the central part of the state. At a coffee shop in Charlottesville, where Earle-Sears had been scheduled to campaign Tuesday afternoon, her husband Terence Sears took the stage in her place, joined by Rep. John McGuire (R-VA) and Republican lieutenant governor candidate John Reid.

The event was the third one Earle-Sears has had to forgo due to the special session. Despite her absence

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