WASHINGTON — Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger warned fellow Democrats to not prolong the record-breaking shutdown following the party’s victories in the off-cycle elections last week.

“Absolutely not,” Spanberger told CBS’ “Face the Nation” when asked if Dems’ wins — including her own — gave mandate to “hold the line in Congress and refuse to fund the government.”

“Our victory was a victory that was based on a campaign that was addressing concerns related to costs and chaos,” she said, before adding: “The government needs to open and it needs to open immediately.”

Spanberger easily won her race to become governor of Virginia last Tuesday. The state has the second-largest number of federal workers of any state after California in the country.

She served in the House of Repre

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