Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger is closing out her Virginia gubernatorial campaign with a Saturday advertisement that highlights her career of public service. “Service is a tradition in Virginia that runs in the family,” the Democratic candidate says in her final ad.  “I followed my parents into public service. My mom was a nurse, my dad worked in federal law enforcement, and I did too — going after drug rings and child abusers, and then at CIA, terrorists,” she adds in the voiceover.

Spanberger has maintained a solid lead over Republican opponent Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who trailed the former House Democrat by 7 percentage points in a recent poll.  The survey from Virginia Commonwealth University found that voters’ top three issues are the cost of living, immigration and women’s rep

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