VPA, VLNP voter guide: Republican nominee for governor Winsome Earle-Sears From the Va. voter guide: Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general on the issues series Virginia Press Association and the Virginia Local News Project Oct 5, 2025 Oct 5, 2025 Updated Oct 24, 2025 0 × Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears speaks to a crowd at the Manassas African American Heritage Festival, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save kAm%96 ':C8:?:2 !C6DD pDD@4:2E:@? 2?5 E96 ':C8:?:2 {@42= }6HD !C@;64E 92G6 AC@5F465 2 G@E6C 8F:56 :? 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Spanberger signs bills that tighten controls on guns Spanberger signs Virginia minimum wage increase Smith Mountain Lake State Park lecture series wraps up on Sunday Spanberger signs bills on probation, manufactured protein and Confederate license plates Franklin County chicken and bee zoning overhaul draws resident backlash Man unlawfully in US arrested in Franklin County for child sex abuse 12-year-old arrested in death of classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottle Rocky Mount man charged with killing his brother 2 Franklin County softball players among those to watch in Southwest Virginia Trump to visit Charlottesville Friday k9bmkDEC@?8m#t!&q{xrp} }~|x}ttk^DEC@?8mk^9bmk9am(:?D@>6 t2C=6\$62CDk^9amk9cmk2 9C67lQ9EEAi^^H:?D@>67@C8@G6C?@C]4@>QmH:?D@>67@C8@G6C?@C]4@>k^2mk^9cm k9dm%wt x$$&t$k^9dmkAmkDEC@?8m|x}x|&| (pvtk^DEC@?8mk^AmkAmkDEC@?8m':C8:?:2’D >:?:>F> H286 :D D6E E@ C:D6 E@ S`a]ff @? y2?F2CJ `[ a_ae] s@ J@F DFAA@CE 7FCE96C :?4C62D:?8 E96 >:?:>F> H286 E@ S`d @C 9:896Cn x7 D@[ H92E E:>6=:?6 H@F=5 J@F AC@A@D6[ 2?5 9@H H@F=5 J@F 6?DFC6 E96 :?4C62D6 32=2?46D E96 ?665D @7 H@C<6CD 2?5 D>2== 3FD:?6DD6Dnk^DEC@?8mk^Am kAm':C8:?:2’D >:?:>F> H286 :D 2=C625J D6E E@ C:D6 E@ S`a]ff @? y2?F2CJ `[ a_ae[ 2?5 x DFAA@CE E9@D6 C6DA@?D:3=6[ :?7=2E:@?\32D65 25;FDE>6?ED 3642FD6 E96J 96=A H@C<6CD H9:=6 8:G:?8 D>2== 3FD:?6DD6D E96 23:=:EJ E@ A=2? 29625] qFE x 5@ ?@E DFAA@CE CFD9:?8 E@ S`d @C 9:896C ;FDE 3642FD6 E92E’D H92E r2=:7@C?:2 5:5] (6’G6 2== D66? 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