Winsome Earle-Sears is the current Republican Lt. Governor of Virginia and the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia. During a recent interview on FOX News with Lara Trump, Sears slammed socialism when the subject of Zohran Mamdani came up.
Sears explained that she has been down that road before, when she was growing up in Jamaica, saying that socialism doesn’t work and that it only leads to empty shelves in grocery stores, as well as no jobs and no money.
Sears came to the United States legally in 1970 and served in the United States Marines in the 1980s.
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Socialism destroys everything it touches. My family lived it in Jamaica with empty grocery shelves, no jobs, and no money.
It failed there, and it’ll fail here too. pic.twitter.com/JjEkNKqY4j
— Winsome Earle-Sears (@winwithwinsome) August 18, 2025
Sears is running against Democrat Abigail Spanberger who has had a lead but Sears is closing the gap.
FOX 5 in DC reports:
VA Democratic governor race: Spanberger leads in polls but Sears appears to be closing gap
What we know: This morning there’s a new poll out in the Virginia’s governor’s race.
Democrat Abigail Spanberger leads Republican Winsome Earle-Sears by seven points in the race for Virginia governor, according to a new Roanoke College poll released Tuesday morning.
The survey from the school’s Institute for Policy and Opinion Research shows 46% of likely voters are backing Spanberger compared to 39% for Earle-Sears.
The poll shows that 14% remain undecided, and 1% support another candidate.
Dig deeper: The race has been tightening since May, when Spanberger held a 17-point advantage.
“Many Republicans seem to have ‘come home’ to Earle-Sears since the May poll, but Spanberger’s voters are slightly more enthusiastic about voting and more certain of their vote,” said Harry Wilson, interim director of the Institute.
Sears would be an outstanding governor for Virginia. Spanberger is a liberal swamp Democrat.
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