Advance Morning News
It's Monday, October 27, 2025. Today, the State of the Race looks at Abigail Spanberger and her effect on down-ballot races locally, and the editor reveals candidates' feelings about early voting.
STATE OF THE RACE: Spanberger Looks to Be Driving Early Voting
By Martin Davis
Jay Jones’ campaign will go down as one of the worst implosions in Virginia electoral history; Winsome Earle-Sears’ as one of the worst ever run. Bottom line? Down-ballot elections could tilt blue.
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FROM THE EDITOR: Early Voting from the Candidates’ Perspective
By Martin Davis
While most would agree that early voting is a good idea, the candidates who have to navigate early voting have some thoughts about what would make it better and more effective for voters.
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Curiously, Spanger (as a Congresscritter) supported Biden's open border policies and the resultant flood of illegal aliens in the millions. She voted for higher costs of gasoline, diesel, electricity, skyrocketing inflation, higher medical care costs, defunding the police, shutting the government down, driving up the cost of education. the list goes on and on.
And now she is promising that she has the cure for all of those ills. All we need to do is to make her the governor of Virginia.
The question arises: will we reward her for bribing the People with their own tax money, as she did her entire tenure in Congress?