{"id":61019,"date":"2025-11-04T19:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=61019"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:44:04","slug":"abigail-spanberger-projected-to-win-virginia-governors-race-flipping-seat-for-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/abigail-spanberger-projected-to-win-virginia-governors-race-flipping-seat-for-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Abigail Spanberger projected to win Virginia governor\u2019s race, flipping seat for Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Democrat Abigail Spanberger is projected to have won the Virginia governor\u2019s race, defeating her Republican opponent and flipping the state\u2019s top office for Democrats, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time, shortly after polls closed in Virginia, early results showed Democrat Abigail Spanberger leading Republican Winsome Earle-Sears with about 55% of the vote to 45%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DecisionDeskHQ\/status\/1985864768939249790\">DDHQ<\/a>, with roughly 12% of precincts reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia\u2019s constitution prohibits governors from serving consecutive terms, barring incumbent Republican Glenn Youngkin from running again. Spanberger will be sworn in on January 17 as the state\u2019s 75th governor for a four-year term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s contest was one of only two gubernatorial races in the nation, alongside New Jersey, and the only Republican-held governorship on the ballot in 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically, Virginia\u2019s off-year gubernatorial elections have often served as a bellwether for national politics. Since 1976, the winning party has typically opposed the sitting U.S. president\u2019s party in 11 of the last 12 elections, according to NBC News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Abigail Spanberger is projected to have won the Virginia governor\u2019s race, defeating her Republican opponent and flipping the state\u2019s top office for Democrats, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). At 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time, shortly after polls closed in Virginia, early results showed Democrat Abigail Spanberger leading Republican Winsome Earle-Sears with about 55% of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":61020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3979,3981,151,727],"class_list":["post-61019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-2025-u-s-elections","tag-abigail-spanberger","tag-united-states","tag-virginia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abigail Spanberger projected to win Virginia governor\u2019s race, flipping seat for Democrats - BNO News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/abigail-spanberger-projected-to-win-virginia-governors-race-flipping-seat-for-democrats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abigail Spanberger projected to win Virginia governor\u2019s race, flipping seat for Democrats - BNO News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Democrat Abigail Spanberger is projected to have won the Virginia governor\u2019s race, defeating her Republican opponent and flipping the state\u2019s top office for Democrats, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). 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