In a Democratic sweep, Abigail Spanberger won the governor's race, Ghazala Hashmi won the lieutenant governor's contest and Jay Jones emerged as the next attorney general. ((Spanberger photo by Charlotte Rene Woods, Hashmi photo by

Democrats completed a clean statewide sweep in Virginia on Tuesday night, as former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears for governor, Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Richmond, topped conservative talk-show host John Reid in the lieutenant governor’s race, and former state delegate Jay Jones unseated incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares in a contest clouded by controversy.

Spanberger won with 55 % of the vote to 44.8% for Earle-Sears, while Hashmi prevailed 53.2 % to 46.6 %, and Jones edged Miyares 52.2 % to 47.4 %, according to the As

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