{"id":2104821,"date":"2023-11-21T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-delegate-briana-sewell-running-for-spanbergers-house-seat\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T12:37:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:37:43","slug":"virginia-delegate-briana-sewell-running-for-spanbergers-house-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-delegate-briana-sewell-running-for-spanbergers-house-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Briana Sewell, Virginia Delegate, seeks Spanberger&#8217;s House seat."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-delegate-briana-sewell-running-for-spanbergers-house-seat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2104821&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep.\u200b Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) departs from a House Democrat caucus meeting with White House debt negotiators at the U.S.\u200d Capitol on May 31, 2023 in \u200cWashington, DC. The House is expected to vote on The Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation negotiated between the White House and House Republicans to raise the debt ceiling until 2025 and avoid a federal default. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>9:05 AM \u2064\u2013 Tuesday,\u200c November 21, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>A Virginia Democrat State Delegate Throws Her Hat in the Ring for Vacant Congressional Seat<\/h2>\n<p>A Virginia Democrat state Delegate \u2064has announced her candidacy for the soon-to-be vacant seat of Representative Abigail Spanberger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Briana Sewell revealed on Monday that\u2064 she will \u200cbe \u200drunning for the seat, just one week after Spanberger (D-Va.) announced<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/democrat-abigail-spanberger-announces-run-for-virginia-governor-leaving-house-seat\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/democrat-abigail-spanberger-announces-run-for-virginia-governor-leaving-house-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> her candidacy for governor<\/a> of Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Sewell made her announcement in a captivating video where she placed blame on House Republicans for the country&#8217;s failures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe women in my family showed me the meaning of strength. They showed me what it \u2063means \u2063to serve a greater good and to fight for what you believe in,\u201d Sewell said, \u2062pointing to her grandmother, who marched in Selma, Alabama, for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-civil-rights-leaders-in-leaked-call\/\" title=\"Biden Snaps at Civil Rights Leaders in Leaked Call\">civil rights movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m running for \u200dCongress to \u200brepresent VA-07 because I\u2019ve always been taught\u2064 to stand up and fight for what is right. You deserve someone who understands how hard it is to make ends meet and spends every day working to make things better. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ov7kcF7egp\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ov7kcF7egp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Briana Sewell (@BrianaSewellVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianaSewellVA\/status\/1726571092545056943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s \u200ddiscouraging that politicians selfishly want TV interviews more than \u2063they want \u2064solutions,\u2063 making sure their side wins, no \u2064matter the cost,\u201d she \u2062said as\u2064 clips of Speaker Mike \u2064Johnson (R-L.) and Reps. \u2064Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Matt Gaetz\u200c (R-Fla.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Chip Roy (R-Texas), Lauren \u2063Boebert (R-Colo.), and other House Republicans were played. \u200c\u201cWomen like my mother and \u2063grandmother, and folks all across \u200bour community, have worked\u2064 too hard and \u2063lived \u200btoo much history to watch everything we care about slip away.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Additionally, Sewell \u2062said \u2062that she is \u2063working to represent\u200c Virginia\u2019s 7<sup>th<\/sup> District because she\u200d has \u201calways been taught to stand\u200b up and fight for what you deserve.\u201d She also\u2063 referenced her support for abortions, suggesting that she won\u2019t let Congress \u201ctake away our freedom to make decisions about our own \u200cbodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sewell will be competing against Democrat Yevegeny Vindman (D-Va.), whose twin brother initiated the first impeachment process against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u2062Receive breaking news updates directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Luke Ball<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Brigette Gabriel<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Dr. Li-Meng Yan<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ryan Helfenbein<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Social media company X CEO Linda Yaccarino told employees that \u201cdata will tell\u200b the real story\u201d about its efforts to battle antisemitism.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft emerged on Monday as the big winner of the upheaval \u2064at OpenAI, hiring ousted CEO \u200dSam Altman and other key staff\u2064 of the startup.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as interim CEO,\u2064 while\u2064 outgoing chief Sam \u200dAltman \u200dis set to join backer Microsoft in a surprise \u200cturn of events for the startup.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI\u2019s staff has threatened to quit the AI startup and join former boss Sam Altman at Microsoft\u2019s \u200cnew division unless the board resigns.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What impact does Sewell&#8217;s candidacy have on the political landscape in Virginia, and how \u2064does it add\u2063 to the options for voters in the upcoming election<\/h2>\n<p><span>  A Virginia Democrat State Delegate Throws Her Hat in the Ring for Vacant\u200c Congressional Seat<\/p>\n<p>Briana Sewell, a Democrat\u200c state delegate from \u200bVirginia, has recently announced\u200c her candidacy for the soon-to-be vacant\u200c seat \u2062of Representative Abigail Spanberger. This comes \u2062just\u2062 one week after Spanberger\u2064 announced her\u2063 candidacy for governor of\u2062 Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Sewell\u200b made her \u2064announcement in a\u2064 captivating\u2064 video where she placed \u2063blame on House Republicans for the country&#8217;s failures. In the video,\u200b she talks about the strength and \u2062resilience\u200c she has learned from the women in \u2064her family, particularly her grandmother who marched in Selma, Alabama, for the civil rights movement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m running for Congress to represent VA-07 because I&#8217;ve always been taught to stand up and fight for what is\u2063 right. You deserve someone who understands how hard it is to make ends meet \u2063and spends \u2062every day working to \u200bmake things better,&#8221; Sewell stated in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>In the same video,\u2062 Sewell criticizes politicians \u2063who prioritize TV interviews and winning at any cost over finding solutions for \u2064the \u2064American people.\u200c Clips of Speaker Mike Johnson and several\u200d House Republicans, including Marjorie \u200dTaylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, Chip Roy, and \u2062Lauren Boebert, were played as Sewell highlighted \u200dthe\u200b need for change.<\/p>\n<p>Sewell&#8217;s decision to run for Congress comes at a crucial time, as the\u200b House is expected to vote on\u2064 The Fiscal Responsibility \u2062Act, \u2062a legislation negotiated between the\u2062 White House and House\u2063 Republicans \u200bto raise the debt ceiling until 2025 and avoid a federal\u200c default. Through her candidacy, she aims to bring a \u2063fresh \u200bperspective and fight for the\u200b issues\u2062 that matter to her constituents.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2063 the race for \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-delegate-briana-sewell-running-for-spanbergers-house-seat\/\" title=\"Briana Sewell, Virginia Delegate, seeks Spanberger's House seat.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-are-heading-to-the-polls-across-the-country-here-are-some-of-the-biggest-races\/\" title=\"Americans Are Heading To The Polls Across The Country. Here Are Some Of The Biggest Races\">vacant congressional seat<\/a>\u200b heats<\/a> up, Sewell&#8217;s announcement has generated \u2062both\u2064 support and interest from the public. Her \u200dexperience as a state delegate and her dedication to serving the community make her a strong contender for the \u200dposition.<\/p>\n<p>It remains \u200dto be seen \u2062how the race \u2064will unfold and who will ultimately secure the seat left by Representative Abigail Spanberger.\u200c However, Sewell&#8217;s candidacy adds another dynamic to the \u2062political landscape in Virginia, and voters will have an important decision to make in the upcoming election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) departs from a House Democrat caucus meeting with White House debt negotiators at the U.S. Capitol on May 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. 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