Abigail Spanberger’s path to the Democratic nomination for Virginia governor is formally clear.
The three-term former Home member and former CIA case officer, who introduced her bid to steer the state in November 2023, was confirmed because the social gathering’s nominee by the Democratic Social gathering of Virginia on Thursday after no different potential candidates filed to run by the state deadline.
“Because the Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia, I sit up for having many extra significant conversations with all Virginians — throughout our communities and no matter who they’ve solid their votes for previously — concerning the points that matter most to them,” Spanberger mentioned in a press release.
With Glenn Youngkin not within the race — Virginia doesn’t permit its governors to serve consecutive phrases — Spanberger might match up in opposition to Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, the state’s lieutenant governor.
The highway to November hasn’t at all times regarded so open for Spanberger. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) publicly toyed with the idea of running as not too long ago as February. And the previous mayor of Richmond, Levar Stoney, who had the backing of former governor Terry McAuliffe, dropped his bid in April 2024 to run for lieutenant governor, searching for to keep away from a messy major battle in opposition to Spanberger.
“We’re prepared for this second, we’re prepared to face up for Virginians, and we’re able to make Abigail Spanberger our subsequent Governor,” Lamont Bagby, chair of the state Democratic social gathering, mentioned in a press release.
