VA-GOV: Spanberger leads Virginia governor's race by 12 points: Survey [View all]
Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) holds a double-digit lead over Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) in the states gubernatorial race, according to a poll released on Wednesday.
The survey, conducted by the Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, showed Spanberger leading Earle-Sears 49 percent to 37 percent among registered voters in the state. The latest results mark an uptick in support for Spanberger from the last poll, which showed her leading Earle-Sears 45 percent to 35 percent.
The polls results out of the lieutenant gubernatorial race and the attorney general race mirrored the governors race results. In the lieutenant governors race, state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D) leads conservative talk show host John Reid 46 percent to 36 percent, while in the attorney general race, former state Del. Jay Jones (D) Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares 47 percent to 38 percent.
However, roughly half of independents in all three matchups said they were undecided.
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