Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin currently holds a 50 percent approval rating in the state of Virginia, which was carried by Democrats in the 2024 presidential election. Yet his popularity isn’t uplifting his chosen successor in this year’s gubernatorial race. Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican candidate, trails her opponent, Democratic former Representative Abigail Spanberger, by 10 points, according to October 30 polling by Roanoke College, which also assessed the