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Abigail Spanberger, a former Congresswoman and CIA agent, will become Virginia's first female governor after winning on Tuesday, Nov. 4

Her three daughters — Claire, Charlotte and Catherine — were by her side during her victory speech

Spanberger jokingly said Catherine "did not clean [her] room today as promised"

Abigail Spanberger made history in Virginia on Tuesday, Nov. 4, becoming the state’s first female governor, and she celebrated the milestone with her three daughters by her side.

Spanberger, a Democrat who served in the U.S. House from January 2019 to January 2025 and is a former CIA agent, flipped Virginia’s governorship blue and will replace term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin . She ran against Youngkin’s lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears.

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