Virginia's gubernatorial race: Underfunded Republican Winsome Earle-Sears trails Democrat Abigail Spanberger.

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears faces challenges in Virginia's gubernatorial race against Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who has raised over $27 million. Earle-Sears, a former Marine and Virginia's lieutenant governor, is running her campaign under "Operation Defend & Deliver" but struggles with underfunding and lacking unity within her party. Despite these issues, a win would make her Virginia's first female and first Black female governor.