Winsome Earle-Sears, the all-but-certain Republican nominee in the Virginia governor’s race this fall, has built the early stages of her campaign around being Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s partner.

Earle-Sears, the state’s lieutenant governor, has largely attempted to frame her candidacy as an extension of the current administration , an attempt to replicate the term-limited governor’s path to victory in the blue-leaning state four years ago.

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“Together, we’ve fought for parents, backed the blue, and delivered real results for Virginians. Now, it’s time to keep that momentum going,” Earle-Sears, referring to Youngkin, wrote in a Facebook post earlier this year.

But there has been notable daylight between Earle-Sears

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