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Virginia Republicans Rally Unified Ticket for Fall Campaign

Vienna’s gathering highlights the party’s low-tax, pro-business stance confronting fundraising shortfalls alongside public protests over Medicaid cuts.

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks to supporters during a primary night rally at the Hippodrome Theater June 17, in Richmond, Virginia.
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Overview

  • The top three GOP candidates—Winsome Earle-Sears, John Reid and Jason Miyares—held their first joint rally on July 2 in Vienna to showcase ticket unity ahead of the November election.
  • Speakers underscored a platform focused on low taxes, deregulation and extending the policy gains of the Youngkin administration.
  • Earle-Sears continues to trail Democrat Abigail Spanberger in fundraising and lacks the personal wealth to self-fund her campaign.
  • Republicans pointed to the ticket’s diversity, featuring an immigrant Marine veteran gubernatorial nominee, the potential first gay statewide officeholder and a Cuban-descent attorney general.
  • Protesters outside the firehouse decried proposed federal Medicaid cuts that could strip coverage from more than 300,000 Virginians.