Winsome Earle-Sears is the present Republican Lt. Governor of Virginia and the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia. Throughout a current interview on FOX Information with Lara Trump, Sears slammed socialism when the topic of Zohran Mamdani got here up.
Sears defined that she has been down that highway earlier than, when she was rising up in Jamaica, saying that socialism doesn’t work and that it solely results in empty cabinets in grocery shops, in addition to no jobs and no cash.
Sears got here to the US legally in 1970 and served in the US Marines within the Eighties.
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Socialism destroys all the pieces it touches. My household lived it in Jamaica with empty grocery cabinets, no jobs, and no cash.
It failed there, and it’ll fail right here too. pic.twitter.com/JjEkNKqY4j
— Winsome Earle-Sears (@winwithwinsome) August 18, 2025
Sears is operating towards Democrat Abigail Spanberger who has had a lead however Sears is closing the hole.
FOX 5 in DC experiences:
VA Democratic governor race: Spanberger leads in polls however Sears seems to be closing hole
What we all know: This morning there’s a brand new ballot out within the Virginia’s governor’s race.
Democrat Abigail Spanberger leads Republican Winsome Earle-Sears by seven factors within the race for Virginia governor, in response to a brand new Roanoke School ballot launched Tuesday morning.
The survey from the college’s Institute for Coverage and Opinion Analysis exhibits 46% of possible voters are backing Spanberger in comparison with 39% for Earle-Sears.
The ballot exhibits that 14% stay undecided, and 1% assist one other candidate.
Dig deeper: The race has been tightening since Could, when Spanberger held a 17-point benefit.
“Many Republicans appear to have ‘come dwelling’ to Earle-Sears for the reason that Could ballot, however Spanberger’s voters are barely extra passionate about voting and extra sure of their vote,” stated Harry Wilson, interim director of the Institute.
Sears could be an excellent governor for Virginia. Spanberger is a liberal swamp Democrat.

