DEMS FLIP VIRGINIA GOV., FIRST WOMAN...
https://www.cnn.com/election/2025/results/virginia
>Either former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger or Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears will become the state’s first female governor. Spanberger has focused her campaign on affordability, while Earle-Sears has run on cultural and gender issues. Earle-Sears is running against history. Only once since 1977 has Virginia elected a governor from the same party as the president.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/virginia-governor-election-results-spanberger-earle-sears-race-win-rcna238685