AUDIO: Earle-Sears Said Trump, Budget Cuts Hurt Her Campaign

Voters still aren’t buying what Virginia Republicans are selling

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears hoped winning the Republican nomination for governor of Virginia last month would help her party move past a primary season defined by lurid sex scandals and a boiling MAGA turf war.

AUDIO: Earle-Sears said Trump, budget cuts hurt her campaign

In audio from a June event in Virginia Beach, Earle-Sears blamed Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency for her unpopularity. Winsome Earle-Sears has embraced President Donald Trump’s unpopular federal cuts, despite multiple polls showing her lagging behind her opponent, Abigail Spanberger. Earlier this month, Earle-Sears, Virginia’s lieutenant governor and the Republican nominee for governor this fall, told the conservative s…

DPVA Launches New Ad Highlighting Sears’ Record Backing Trump’s Attacks on Jobs - Democratic Party of Virginia

CNBC: Virginia drops in America’s Top States for Business rankings. Federal job cuts are a big reasonVIRGINIA – Following Virginia losing its “Top State for Business” ranking because of Donald Trump’s attacks on Virginia jobs, the Democratic Party of Virginia is launching a new digital ad highlighting Winsome Earle-Sears’ record cheering the actions that are hurting Virginians. As Trump has threatened Virginians’ livelihoods, Sears was caught on…

Democrats hit Earle-Sears in new ad over job cuts, business ranking drop

by Brandon Jarvis The Democratic Party of Virginia is launching a new ad Thursday attacking Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears after Virginia lost its ranking at the top of CNBC’s Top States for Business list. Virginia fell from first place last year to fourth this year after a new metric was introduced to the process: federal job cuts. Virginia has the second-highest number of federal employees among any state in the country. …