Earle-Sears de Virginia obtains Trump’s support in the “difficult” governor’s race
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President Donald Trump expressed support for the candidate for Virginia Republican Governor, WinSome Earle-Sears, acknowledging that she is in the midst of a “difficult breed” against an opponent who is “not very good”.
“Yeah, I would do it. I mean, I would do it,” Trump told journalists when he asked him about the tunes of Earle. “I think that probably, yes, she has a difficult race. She should not, she should not, because the candidate she runs is not very good, but I think she has a difficult race.”
However, he did not go so far as to give Earle-Sears his “complete and total” approval, as he did with certain candidates.
President Donald Trump said that he would “approve” the candidate of the Republican Governor of Virginia, Lieutenant-Governor WinSome Sears, but did not really give him the approval seal. (Andrew Harnik / Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)
Youngkin’s potential successor focused on the message in a difficult breed to maintain the “red” swing
Trump has already supported Jack Ciattarelli in New Jersey and Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio. Virginia’s survey can explain Trump’s apparent reserves.
A recent survey by Virginie Commonwealth From July, Sears at 37% and Spanberger 49%. Meanwhile, Youngkin’s approval rating is 49%, nine points more than the number of Trump in the same survey.
The abigial democrat Spanberger, on the right, presents himself against the Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, WinSome Earle-Sears, a Republican, on the left, in the race of the State of the State this year. (Getty)
On August 1, in a CNN interview, Earle-Sears apparently had trouble giving an answer explaining why Trump had not yet approved it. Lieutenant Governor said she had met the president but repeatedly refused to detail what they had spoken.
Earle-Sears, who is currently the Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia and is about to become the first woman’s black governor in the country, faces a difficult battle against the former Abigail Spanberger representative. Despite the service alongside the popular governor of Virginie Glenn Youngkin, Earle-Sears is struggling to fill the gap and overcome his opponent.
WinSome Earle-Sears, Republican candidate for the post of governor for Virginia, center, during a campaign event in the fire service of Vienna Vienna in Vienna, Virginia, Tuesday July 1, 2025. Earle-Sears will face the former representative Abigail Spanberger in November, giving the state his first wife governor. (Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Earle-Sears drags Spanberger not only in the ballot boxes but also in fundraising. While Earle-Sears has not yet released his Q2 numbers in T1, it collected $ 3.1 millionWhile Spanberger raked more than double to $ 6.7 million. In the second quarter, Spanberger raised $ 10.7 million, According to his campaign.
