{"id":2486533,"date":"2025-09-15T08:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spanberger-lead-against-earle-sears-now-in-single-digits\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:38:21","slug":"spanberger-lead-against-earle-sears-now-in-single-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spanberger-lead-against-earle-sears-now-in-single-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanberger lead against Earle-Sears now in single digits"},"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%2Fspanberger-lead-against-earle-sears-now-in-single-digits%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=2486533&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>The recent poll from Virginia commonwealth University&#8217;s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government adn Public Affairs shows Democratic gubernatorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">candidate<\/a> Abigail Spanberger leading Republican Lt. gov. Winsome Earle-Sears by 9 points (49% to 40%) among registered Virginia voters. This led has narrowed from 12 points in July as Earle-Sears increased her support from 37% to 40%, while Spanberger&#8217;s support remained steady. Early voting begins September 19, with independent and undecided voters, nearly half of whom remain undecided, expected to be decisive. The poll also indicates Democratic leads in other statewide races, suggesting a potential shift in Virginia&#8217;s political landscape.Despite endorsements from Governor Glenn Youngkin and a hesitant endorsement from former President Donald Trump,Earle-Sears is struggling to close the gap before the election. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Spanberger lead against Earle-Sears for Virginia governor now in single digits<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2227359\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Virginia&rsquo;s Democratic gubernatorial nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abigail-spanberger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a> is leading Lt. Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/winsome-earle-sears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Winsome Earle-Sears<\/a> by 9 points in a recent poll, down from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3472827\/abigail-spanberger-winsome-earle-sears-vcu-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12 points<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n<p>Spanberger has 49% support among registered Virginia voters compared to Earle-Sears&rsquo;s 40% support, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/wilder.vcu.edu\/news-and-events\/news-posts\/commonwealth-poll-spanberger-leads-earle-sears-49-to-40-in-virginia-governors-race-margin-narrows-by-3-points-since-last-month.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_dc&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sept. 9 poll<\/a> released by Virginia Commonwealth University&rsquo;s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. Two months prior, Earle-Sears had 37% support. Spanberger&rsquo;s percentage remains unchanged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3807264\/hochul-endorses-mamdani-nyc-mayoral-race\/\">Hochul endorses Mamdani in NYC mayoral race after initial hesitance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3807153\/pete-buttigieg-biden-reelection-bid-2024\/\">Buttigieg says &#8216;we might have been better off&#8217; if Biden dropped reelection bid sooner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3806954\/mike-mccaul-forgo-2026-texas-house-reelection\/\">McCaul to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccaul-to-forgo-2026-reelection-bid-seeking-new-challenge\/\" title=\"McCaul to forgo 2026 reelection bid, seeking &#039;new challenge&#039;\">forgo 2026 reelection bid<\/a>, seeking &#8216;new challenge&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The latest results suggest that while Earle-Sears has been slowly closing the gap, it may not be enough to overtake Spanberger less than two months before Election Day. Early voting in Virginia&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >gubernatorial election begins<\/a> on Friday, Sept. 19.<\/p>\n<p>Less than half of independent voters, 48%, remain undecided about the race.<\/p>\n<p>Pollster L. Douglas Wilder, the Democratic governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994, said the election will be determined by independent and undecided voters. He also stressed the national significance of the state race this election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With Virginia and New Jersey being the only states holding elections in November, there is much speculation as to what these results portend for the political landscape, not just for the Commonwealth, but across the nation,&rdquo; Wilder said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">poll shows<\/a> other Democratic candidates leading their Republican counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Ghazala Hashmi holds a 4-point lead over John Reid (45%-41%) in the contest for lieutenant governor, and Jay Jones is leading incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares by 6 points (47%-41%). If each Democratic candidate were to win, the state&rsquo;s Republican trifecta would flip.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3489843\/trump-signals-he-would-endorse-winsome-earle-sears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP SIGNALS HE WOULD ENDORSE WINSOME EARLE-SEARS IN VIRGINIA GUBERNATORIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-republicans-launch-stop-stacey-effort-ahead-of-possible-abrams-2022-announcement\/\" title=\"GA Republicans Launch \u2018Stop Stacey\u2019 Effort Ahead Of Possible Abrams 2022 Announcement\">gubernatorial race<\/a>, Earle-Sears has been struggling to gain traction, even though she received the endorsement of term-limited Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/glenn-youngkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a> (R-VA) last fall. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> has yet to back Earle-Sears, although he said he would endorse her last month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, I would,&rdquo; Trump said outside the Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania when asked by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I think probably she&rsquo;s got a tough race. She shouldn&rsquo;t have, but the candidate she&rsquo;s running against is not very good, but I think she&rsquo;s got a tough race.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanberger&#8217;s lead over Earle-Sears narrows to 9 points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2486534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25221552165970.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[40299,3728,6961,50878,32249],"class_list":["post-2486533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-earle-sears","tag-election","tag-lead","tag-poll-2","tag-spanberger"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25221552165970.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486533"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486537,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486533\/revisions\/2486537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}