Overview
- Decision Desk HQ, CNN, and NBC projected Democrat Abigail Spanberger the winner over Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia.
- Official certification is pending, and a certified result would make Spanberger the first woman to serve as Virginia's governor.
- Spanberger, a former U.S. representative and CIA case officer, emphasized economic arguments and defended abortion access in a state without new restrictions.
- Her campaign invested heavily in advertising and visited Republican-leaning areas while criticizing President Donald Trump's policies on the economy.
- New Jersey's gubernatorial outcome remained unresolved in some coverage, as Decision Desk HQ later projected Democrat Mikie Sherrill over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in a race viewed as an early national barometer before the midterms.