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Virginia Democrats won back all three major positions on the statewide ticket Tuesday night. In victory speech, Spanberger, Virginia's first female governor-elect, promises to govern for all

Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger has become Virginia’s first female governor-elect. State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, the lieutenant governor-elect from Richmond, is the first Muslim elected to statewide office. Former Del. Jay Jones unseated incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares.

“We sent a message to the whole world, that in 2025, Virginia chose pragmatism over partisanship, we chose our commonwealth over chaos," Spanberger said after becoming the presumed winner in the gubernatorial election.

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