Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger cheers with a crowd, not pictured, in Henrico County, Virginia in September 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
"We need a governor who will stand up and make clear that attacks on our federal workers [and] attacks on government contractors," she said at an event in Hampton Roads, Virginia last week.
Spanberger and her party are expected to have full control of Virginia governance for at least the next two years, at which point the state Senate – which had no races this year – and House of Delegates face the voters again.
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