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Virginia GOP Nominee Overhauls Campaign Management as Spanberger Widens Lead

She has named Pennsylvania strategist Corey Barsky to reinvigorate a campaign trailing Democrat Abigail Spanberger by 12 points.

Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears at the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department in Vienna, Virginia, on July 1.
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Overview

  • A Virginia Commonwealth University poll shows Spanberger leading Earle-Sears 49% to 37% among registered voters.
  • Spanberger has raised $27 million with $15 million cash on hand, roughly double the $11 million raised and $4 million available to Earle-Sears.
  • Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears removed campaign manager Will Archer last week and has tapped political strategist Corey Barsky as his replacement.
  • The Republican Governors Association has contributed just $500,000 to Earle-Sears’s campaign and members express reluctance to increase funding.
  • GOP operatives warn that a faltering governor’s race could drag down down-ballot contests and call on Gov. Glenn Youngkin to intervene.