{"id":2504986,"date":"2025-10-30T19:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/earle-sears-returns-to-campaign-trail-links-spanberger-to-redistricting-and-150k-democratic-donation\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T19:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:05:04","slug":"earle-sears-returns-to-campaign-trail-links-spanberger-to-redistricting-and-150k-democratic-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/earle-sears-returns-to-campaign-trail-links-spanberger-to-redistricting-and-150k-democratic-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Earle-Sears returns to campaign trail, links Spanberger to redistricting and $150K Democratic donation"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fearle-sears-returns-to-campaign-trail-links-spanberger-to-redistricting-and-150k-democratic-donation%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=2504986&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>Lieutenant Governor Winsome earle-Sears, campaigning for governor in Virginia, criticized Democrats for calling a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >surprise redistricting session aimed<\/a> at sidelining her and other Republicans just before Election Day. She accused her opponent, Democrat Abigail Spanberger, of benefiting from partisan redistricting efforts supported by national Democrats, highlighting a recent $150,000 donation to Spanberger&#8217;s campaign as evidence of coordination.Earle-Sears positioned herself as an outsider focused on Virginia&#8217;s interests, contrasting her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nailed-it-30-years-ago-in-1995-trump-revealed-the-kind-of-people-who-cant-stand-me-during-forgotten-interview\/\" title=\"Nailed It 30 Years Ago: In 1995, Trump Re...aled the Kind of People Who &#039;Can&#039;t Stand Me&#039; During Forgotten Interview\">straight-talking approach<\/a> with Spanberger&#8217;s status as a Washington insider. She campaigned on low taxes, public safety, and energy independence, warning that Democrats plan to raise taxes and criticizing Maryland&#8217;s Democratic leadership for causing a budget deficit. Earle-Sears also called for unity beyond partisan and racial divisions. Despite her efforts, polls show Spanberger leading by a margin of about 7 points.Separately, a campaign bus fire occurred, but no one was injured, and the incident was not addressed in Earle-Sears&#8217;s rally.  <\/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\">Earle-Sears blasts Democrats over redistricting: &lsquo;They&rsquo;re trying to get at me&rsquo;<\/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_2362773\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA &ndash; <\/strong>Lt. Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/winsome-earle-sears\/\">Winsome Earle-Sears<\/a> returned to the campaign trail Thursday in Harrisonburg <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3868472\/winsome-earle-sears-election-interference-virginia-redistricting\/\">after being pulled back<\/a> to Richmond for a surprise redistricting session she said was orchestrated by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> to sideline her in the final stretch before Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrats wanted that. You know why? Because they&rsquo;re trying to get at me, because they see the numbers and they know we&rsquo;re going to win,&rdquo; Earle-Sears told supporters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3869779\/new-jersey-democrats-jack-ciattarelli-endorsement-governors-race\/\">New Jersey Democrats break with party to endorse Ciattarelli for governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3869755\/winsome-earle-sears-campaign-bus-fire\/\">Winsome Earle-Sears campaign bus catches fire ahead of Rockingham rally<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3867409\/mamdani-leads-nyc-mayoral-pack-ahead-of-cuomo-and-sliwa\/\">Mamdani leads the NYC mayoral pack ahead of other key players Cuomo and Sliwa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Earle-Sears, who is running for governor, said the session was a deliberate attempt to keep her and other Republicans off the trail while costing taxpayers nearly $1 million.&nbsp; &ldquo;They pulled me back off the campaign trail and into session again, and they&rsquo;ve pulled your delegate back into session so he can&rsquo;t campaign,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s costing you almost a million dollars because you got to pay us to show up. We didn&rsquo;t want that. The Democrats wanted that.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She tied the move to her opponent, former Democratic Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abigail-spanberger\/\">Abigail Spanberger,<\/a> accusing her of benefiting from a partisan redistricting push backed by national Democrats. The National Democratic Redistricting Committee donated $150,000 to Spanberger&rsquo;s campaign on Wednesday, a contribution Earle-Sears cited as evidence of coordination before lawmakers were called back to Richmond. &ldquo;Abigail Spanberger sold out Virginia for $150,000,&rdquo; Earle-Sears said. &ldquo;But you know who won&rsquo;t sell out Virginia? Me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears campaigns in Harrisonburg, Virginia on Oct. 30, 2025. (Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earle-Sears drew sharp contrasts between herself and Spanberger, casting the Democrat as a Washington insider and herself as a straight-talking outsider focused on Virginia. &ldquo;I left politics 20 years ago, and I&rsquo;ve now come back,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I like dealing with people who shoot straight. Just tell me how you vote, and I&rsquo;ll decide if I want to vote for you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She accused Spanberger of siding with party leaders over Virginians on issues such as border security, crime, and taxes. &ldquo;If you&rsquo;ll sell us out when you know we&rsquo;re going to find out, what will you do behind closed doors?&rdquo; Earle-Sears said. &ldquo;Abigail will not protect us. Abigail is for Abigail.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earle-Sears then broadened her criticism to national Democrats, accusing Spanberger of standing by former President Joe Biden despite what she described as clear signs of decline. &ldquo;Abigail kept showing pictures that she was always in the room with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\">president<\/a> at the time, President Biden,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;That means she saw his cognitive decline and said nothing about it. The rogue nations of the world saw that he was not altogether there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The lieutenant governor also used the stop to sharpen her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-gives-fiery-response-after-reporter-tells-him-its-dangerous-for-you-to-be-here\/\" title=\"Watch: Trump Gi...s Fiery Response After Reporter Tells Him &#039;It\u2019s Dangerous for You to Be Here&#039;\">broader campaign message<\/a>, pitching low taxes, public safety, and energy independence as the pillars of her bid for governor. She touted Virginia&rsquo;s budget surplus and said Democrats have repeatedly tried to raise taxes. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve already given you back $9 billion, and we&rsquo;re going to keep doing that,&rdquo; she said, warning that Democrats would &ldquo;tax you more&rdquo; and block efforts to eliminate the car tax.<\/p>\n<p>Earle-Sears contrasted Virginia&rsquo;s fiscal position with neighboring Maryland&rsquo;s, criticizing Democrats there for turning a surplus into a deficit. &ldquo;In Maryland, folks with a Democrat governor, they&rsquo;re now $3 billion in the hole,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And you know what those business owners are doing? They&rsquo;re moving their businesses to Virginia. We should put up a billboard facing Maryland that says, &lsquo;Bring your business to Virginia, where the taxes are low.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks to voters in Harrisonburg, Virginia on Oct. 30, 2025. (Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>She ended her speech on a unifying note, urging voters to look beyond partisan and racial divides. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to keep fighting the Civil War,&rdquo; Earle-Sears said. &ldquo;Racism is not a skin problem; it&rsquo;s a sin problem. Some politicians keep picking at the scab and telling you that you need us. We don&rsquo;t want that kind of politics, we want to live in peace, we want to live in harmony.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3869755\/winsome-earle-sears-campaign-bus-fire\/\"><strong>WINSOME EARLE-SEARS CAMPAIGN BUS CATCHES FIRE AHEAD OF ROCKINGHAM RALLY&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/governor\/general\/2025\/virginia\/spanberger-vs-earle-sears\"> latest RealClearPolitics average<\/a>, Spanberger leads Earle-Sears 50.3% to 42.9%, a 7.4-point advantage that has remained largely consistent through October. Individual surveys show a similar margin, with Christopher Newport University putting Spanberger ahead by seven points, Suffolk University by nine, Quantus Insights by five, and the most recent Trafalgar\/InsiderAdvantage poll showing a closer 46% to 42% race.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, a bus from Earle-Sears&rsquo;s campaign <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3869755\/winsome-earle-sears-campaign-bus-fire\/\">caught fire<\/a> near Lydia, Virginia. Everyone aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christopher-columbus-calamitous-mistakes-dont-negate-his-noble-contributions\/\" title=\"Colum...&#039; errors don&#039;t erase his achie...ments.\">bus made<\/a> it out safely, and none of the candidates were in the vehicle when the fire occurred, according to the campaign. The lieutenant governor did not address the incident during her rally in Harrisonburg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Earle-Sears accuses Democrats of redistricting to target her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2504987,"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\/10\/IMG_7895-e1761862231958.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33933,66206,40299,16985,32249],"class_list":["post-2504986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-campaign-trail","tag-democratic-donation","tag-earle-sears","tag-redistricting","tag-spanberger"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_7895-e1761862231958.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504986","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\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504990,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504986\/revisions\/2504990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2504987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}