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Spanberger was born Abigail Anne Davis [2] in Red Bank, New Jersey, on August 7, 1979, [3] where her father was a police officer and her mother was a nurse. [4] She relocated with her parents, Martin and Eileen Davis, [5] to Short Pump, in Henrico County in Virginia, outside Richmond, when she was 13 after her father moved from policing to federal law enforcement for the United States Postal ...
Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger announced in November 2023, that she would run for governor. Later, Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears said she would run on the Republican side.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., announced Monday that she won't seek re-election to Congress next year to run for governor of Virginia in 2025.
Virginia's Eastern Shore is also located within the district. The incumbent is Republican Jen Kiggans, who flipped the district and was elected to a first term with 52% of the vote in 2022. [2] she won re-election defeated Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal by a vote of 201,023 (51%) to 184,174 (47%). [19]
Former U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, and Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican, are considered the front-runners for their respective party nominations. Either of them would be Virginia's first female governor, [1] while Earle-Sears would also be the first Black female governor in U.S. history. [2]
The state’s 7th District is an open race, with Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger leaving Congress to run for governor. ... will stop in Virginia on Monday, the day before Election Day ...
According to the United States Census Bureau's 2017 data for Virginia's 7th Congressional District, the total population of the district is 790,084. Median age for the district is 39.7 years. 65.5% of the district is Non-Hispanic White, 18.4% Black, 5.1% Asian, 0.3% Native American or Alaskan, and 3.4% some other race with 7.3% Hispanic or Latino.
Virginia’s upcoming gubernatorial race is poised to make history in 2025, with two women likely to lead the Republican and Democratic tickets. ... and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) are the ...