Winsome Earle-Sears, left, and Abigail Spanberger. Getty Images

In the only debate of the Virginia governor’s race, Democrat Abigail Spanberger did not affirm her endorsement of Jay Jones , the party’s nominee for attorney general who said in recently disclosed text messages that a Republican colleague should be shot in the head.

But she also didn’t take back her endorsement either or call for Jones to exit the race, even as her Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, repeatedly urged her to do so.

“It’s up to every voter to make their own individual decision,” Spanberger said on Thursday night.

The candidates’ tactics, in their only scheduled meeting before the November 4 election, offered a clear glimpse of where the race stands.

Spanberger, the former congresswoman

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