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span sears.jpg — Either Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (left) or former Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger will be elected Virginia’s first female governor in 2025.

November’s general election is set to be a historic one, no matter who wins. Virginia is poised to elect its first female governor, either Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears or Democratic ex-Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger.

VPM News State Politics Reporter Jahd Khalil recently spoke to Spanberger at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, as part of a series of interviews with the candidates for the commonwealth’s top three statewide offices.

Earle-Sears’ campaign did not agree to an interview, so we instead put together a “question and background” that poses the questions Jahd would have asked and uses publicly available information to illustrate where she stands on key issues like education and federal job cuts.

You can read Jahd’s interview with Spanberger or the Earle-Sears “question and background,” or check out our episodes of the VPM Daily Newscast podcast featuring the candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

Also, VPM News photographer Shaban Athuman is bringing you along with him on the campaign trail, with visual dispatches from key moments throughout election season — including Republican lieutenant governor candidate John Reid crashing Spanberger’s press conference on the first day of early voting. Check out Shaban’s photos here.

BizSense Beat: Shenandoah Mansions lawsuit, Sauer Properties purchase

BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.

This week, BizSense reporter Mike Platania and host Lyndon German discuss the legal skirmish holding up development on a new boutique hotel in the Fan and a $3 million deal for two properties along West Broad Street.

Listen in and read more here.

This week in VPM News Shorts: Richmond’s Code Refresh; Virginia’s lieutenant governor candidates

Members of Code Refresh Zoning Advisory Council listen to public comment — The Code Refresh Zoning Advisory Council meets on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at City Hall in Richmond.

What happened this week in VPM News Shorts?

On Tuesday, Keyris Manzanares unpacked the City of Richmond’s effort to revamp its nearly 50-year-old zoning code. And Jahd Khalil closed out the week by breaking down the race for lieutenant governor between Democratic state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi and former conservative talk radio host John Reid.

Don’t forget, you can watch all our Shorts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

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