Winsome Earle-Sears, Republican gubernatorial nominee in Virginia, during a campaign event at the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department in Vienna, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Earle-Sears, who trails Spanberger in all the latest public opinion polls in the race to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, is hammering her Democratic rival for not calling on Jones to drop out of the race.
The Earle-Sears campaign launched a new ad, which was first reported on Tuesday by Fox News Digital, that aims to link Spanberger to Jones and calls on voters to "reject the insanity" and "vote Republican."
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"It’s clearer now than ever that this race isn’t about Republicans versus Democrats. It’s common sense versus violence," said Peyton Vogel, a spokesperson for Earle-Sears campaign, in a statement to Fox News. "The RGA understands what’s at stake here in Virginia, and their support will help us stand strong against Abigail Spanberger’s ticket of rage."
The boost in funding by the RGA, first reported by Politico and confirmed by Fox News Digital, now matches the roughly $5 million investment by the rival Democratic Governors Association (DGA) to Spanberger. But the RGA’s infusion of cash is still far short of the nearly $11 million the group spent four years ago to help elect Youngkin.
Jay Jones, who is running to become Virginia's attorney general in 2025, has been heavily criticized over a series of past text messages calling for the death of political opponents and remarks about police officers. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post/Getty Images)
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a DGA vice chair who takes over as chair next year, told Fox News Digital that the text was "absolutely inappropriate.
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"I condemn political violence in all forms and the type of language that would discuss or promote political violence," the governor emphasized in an interview in New Hampshire.
But asked about GOP calls for Jones to end his campaign, Beshear said, "I don’t know enough about that situation."
Fox News Digital's Andrew Mark Miller contributed reporting.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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