HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) —The contentious hour at Norfolk State University between gubernatorial candidates Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears is reverberating after the fact in the form of attack ads.

And Truth Tracker is homing in on those ads after many of you watched last Thursday's debate on WAVY-TV 10 and multiple WAVY platforms.

One of those ads ran at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, capturing one of the memorable moments in the hour-long exchange. To see what is true and what is false, 10 On Your Side spoke with Dr. Jesse Richman, a political analyst from Old Dominion University.

“I think the time when Spanberger’s refusal to answer cost her," Richman said.

At one point during the debate, Earle-Sears questioned Spanberger directly, but the Democrat did not answe

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