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Party Like It’s 2018: Democrats Look to 1st Trump Midterms for 2025 Races and 2026 Momentum
- Abigail Spanberger officially launched her campaign for governor of Virginia on Wednesday near Richmond, while Mikie Sherrill began her pursuit of the New Jersey governorship.
- These 2025 off-year governor races follow a sharp rightward shift in New Jersey's 2024 presidential vote and reflect Democrats' efforts to reclaim Virginia's governorship amid national challenges.
- Sherrill, who graduated from the Naval Academy and served as a Navy Sea King pilot before working as a federal prosecutor and raising four children, secured 34% of the vote to win a competitive six-candidate Democratic primary in New Jersey and currently leads Republican Jack Ciattarelli heading into the general election.
- Democratic turnout reached a high of 814,669 votes, much larger than prior years' mid-200,000s to 500,000s, signaling energized voters whose engagement may challenge Republicans and reflects strategies from the 2018 midterms, noted Senator Ben Ray Luján.
- Both Spanberger and Sherrill emphasize deal-making centrism and economic affordability to appeal broadly, aiming to rise above partisan rancor and counter opponents who attack them as tied to national Democratic agendas.
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Abigail Spanberger opened her candidacy for Virginia's governor general election Wednesday using her high school mater soul near Richmond. "I grew up walking down the corridors of Tucker High School," says the former congresswoman as she passes by a row of box office in her first announcement since she got the Democratic nomination. Later, she mentions her experience as a CIA case agent and, later, in the halls of Congress as a firm and proactiv…
In Virginia and New Jersey governor's races, Democrats reprise 2018 roadmap for opposing Trump 2.0
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. Abigail Spanberger opened her general election bid for Virginia governor Wednesday using her high school alma mater near Richmond.I grew up walking the halls of Tucker High School, the former congresswoman says as she walks past a bank of lockers in her first ad since securing the Democratic nomination. Later, she notes her experience as a CIA case officer, then in the halls of Congress as a tough-minded, get-things-done lawm…
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