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Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Virginia07 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">7th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2025</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Brat" title="Dave Brat">Dave Brat</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Vindman" title="Eugene Vindman">Eugene Vindman</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Abigail Anne Davis</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1979-08-07</span>) </span>August 7, 1979<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 45)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Red_Bank,_New_Jersey" title="Red Bank, New Jersey">Red Bank, New Jersey</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Adam Spanberger</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Purdue_University" title="Purdue University">Purdue University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://abigailspanberger.com">Official website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Espionage activity</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service years</th><td class="infobox-data">2006–2014</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Operations_(CIA)" title="Directorate of Operations (CIA)">Operations officer</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Abigail Anne Davis Spanberger<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɜːr/: 'ur' in 'fur'">ɜːr</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">SPAN</span>-bur-gər</i></a>; née <b>Davis</b>; born August 7, 1979) is an American politician and former intelligence officer who served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current members of the United States House of Representatives">U.S. representative</a> for <span data-sort-value="Virginia07 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">Virginia's 7th congressional district</a></span> from 2019 to 2025. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, she broke the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>'s 38-year hold on <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">Virginia's 7th congressional district</a> when she was first elected in <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia#District_7" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2018</a> by defeating incumbent <a href="/wiki/Dave_Brat" title="Dave Brat">Dave Brat</a>. She won reelection in <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia#District_7" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2020</a> and <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia#District_7" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2022</a>. In November 2023, she announced she would not run for reelection and would instead <a href="/wiki/2025_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2025 Virginia gubernatorial election">run for governor of Virginia in 2025</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education,_and_career"><span id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_career"></span>Early life, education, and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spanberger was born Abigail Anne Davis<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Red_Bank,_New_Jersey" title="Red Bank, New Jersey">Red Bank, New Jersey</a>, on August 7, 1979,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where her father was a police officer and her mother was a nurse.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She relocated with her parents, Martin and Eileen Davis,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Short_Pump,_Virginia" title="Short Pump, Virginia">Short Pump</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Henrico_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Henrico County">Henrico County</a> in Virginia, outside <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a>, when she was 13 after her father moved from policing to federal law enforcement for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Inspection_Service" title="United States Postal Inspection Service">United States Postal Inspection Service</a>. She attended <a href="/wiki/John_Randolph_Tucker_High_School" title="John Randolph Tucker High School">John Randolph Tucker High School</a>, and was later a <a href="/wiki/Legislative_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative page">page</a> for U.S. senator <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Robb" title="Chuck Robb">Chuck Robb</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RTD1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTD1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spanberger earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">Master of Business Administration</a> from a joint program between the <a href="/wiki/GISMA_Business_School" title="GISMA Business School">GISMA Business School</a> in Germany and <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University" title="Purdue University">Purdue University</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Krannert_School_of_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="Krannert School of Management">Krannert School of Management</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RTD1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTD1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 2000s, she taught <a href="/wiki/English_literature" title="English literature">English literature</a> as a substitute teacher at the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Saudi_Academy" title="Islamic Saudi Academy">Islamic Saudi Academy</a> in Northern Virginia<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and worked as a postal inspector, focusing on <a href="/wiki/Money_laundering" title="Money laundering">money laundering</a> and narcotics cases.<sup id="cite_ref-Examiner1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Examiner1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, Spanberger joined the <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Operations_(CIA)" title="Directorate of Operations (CIA)">operations officer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said she gathered intelligence about <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_proliferation" title="Nuclear proliferation">nuclear proliferation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, she left the CIA and entered the private sector. She was hired by Royall & Company (now <a href="/wiki/EAB_(company)" title="EAB (company)">EAB</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Governor">Virginia governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Terry_McAuliffe" title="Terry McAuliffe">Terry McAuliffe</a> appointed her to the Virginia Fair Housing Board.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span 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.mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia#District_7" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia § District 7</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abigail_Spanberger_Henrico_Campaign_Rally.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Abigail_Spanberger_Henrico_Campaign_Rally.jpg/220px-Abigail_Spanberger_Henrico_Campaign_Rally.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Abigail_Spanberger_Henrico_Campaign_Rally.jpg/330px-Abigail_Spanberger_Henrico_Campaign_Rally.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Abigail_Spanberger_Henrico_Campaign_Rally.jpg/440px-Abigail_Spanberger_Henrico_Campaign_Rally.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Spanberger speaking at a campaign rally on election day eve in 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 2017, Spanberger announced her candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> in <span data-sort-value="Virginia07 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">Virginia's 7th congressional district</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2018 election</a> against incumbent <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Brat" title="Dave Brat">Dave Brat</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement">Tea Party movement</a> member.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She made the final decision to run after the House of Representatives voted to repeal the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Examiner1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Examiner1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 12, 2018, Spanberger defeated Dan Ward in the Democratic <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary election</a> with 73% of the vote, receiving more votes than any other candidate in the Virginia primaries that day.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her campaign outraised Brat's.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abigail_Spanberger,_official_116th_Congress_photo_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Abigail_Spanberger%2C_official_116th_Congress_photo_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Abigail_Spanberger%2C_official_116th_Congress_photo_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Abigail_Spanberger%2C_official_116th_Congress_photo_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Abigail_Spanberger%2C_official_116th_Congress_photo_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Abigail_Spanberger%2C_official_116th_Congress_photo_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Abigail_Spanberger%2C_official_116th_Congress_photo_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3330" data-file-height="3325" /></a><figcaption>Spanberger during the <a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th Congress</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In August, the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Leadership_Fund" title="Congressional Leadership Fund">Congressional Leadership Fund</a>, a super PAC closely aligned with Republican speaker of the House <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a>, conducted a <a href="/wiki/Smear_campaign" title="Smear campaign">smear campaign</a> against Spanberger. The smear campaign, which attempted to tie her to terrorism, was based on an <a href="/wiki/Standard_Form_86" title="Standard Form 86">SF-86</a> application she completed to obtain security clearance, which was inappropriately released in breach of privacy rules.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She won the November 6 general election by just over 6,800 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Brat won eight of the district's ten counties, Spanberger dominated the two largest counties, <a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_County,_Virginia" title="Chesterfield County, Virginia">Chesterfield</a>, by a combined margin of over 30,000 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a visit to the district, former Trump adviser <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bannon" title="Steve Bannon">Steve Bannon</a> described it as "an absolute bellwether of the entire country", adding that losing the district would mean the GOP losing control of the House.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A number of sources claimed Spanberger was the first Democrat to win this seat since 1970, when four-term Democrat <a href="/wiki/John_Otho_Marsh_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="John Otho Marsh Jr.">John Marsh</a> retired and was succeeded by Republican <a href="/wiki/J._Kenneth_Robinson" title="J. Kenneth Robinson">J. Kenneth Robinson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But until 1993, the 7th stretched from the outer Washington suburbs through the <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia" title="Charlottesville, Virginia">Charlottesville</a> to the outer Richmond suburbs;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the present 7th is geographically and demographically the successor to what was the 3rd district before 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020">2020</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia#District_7" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia § District 7</a></div> <p>Spanberger faced a close reelection contest against <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">state Delegate</a> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Freitas" title="Nick Freitas">Nick Freitas</a>, who represents much of the congressional district's northern portion. She won with 51% of the vote to Freitas's 49%. Freitas carried eight of the district's ten counties, as Brat had done two years earlier. But Spanberger again prevailed by winning the district's shares of Henrico and Chesterfield counties by a combined 43,400 votes, five times her overall margin of 8,400 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was also boosted by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> narrowly carrying the district;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Biden is the first Democrat to win what is now the 7th since 1948. </p><p>On November 5, days after winning reelection by a margin of 1.8%,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spanberger criticized the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>'s strategy for the 2020 elections in a phone call with other Democratic caucus members that was subsequently leaked.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Calling the elections "a failure" from a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">congressional</a> standpoint, she singled out Republican <a href="/wiki/Attack_ad" title="Attack ad">attack ads</a> decrying "<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_socialist_movement_in_the_United_States" title="History of the socialist movement in the United States">socialism</a>" and the movement to "<a href="/wiki/Defund_the_police" title="Defund the police">defund the police</a>" as prime reasons the Democratic Party lost seats in <a href="/wiki/Marginal_seat" title="Marginal seat">swing districts</a>. She argued that Democrats should watch Republican ads before deciding how to talk about issues and "not ever use the word 'socialist' or 'socialism' ever again".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>CNN political editor <a href="/wiki/Chris_Cillizza" title="Chris Cillizza">Chris Cillizza</a> described Spanberger's remarks as "some hard truth" for the Democratic Party, adding that in order to succeed in the <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_elections" title="2022 United States elections">2022</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_elections" title="2024 United States elections">2024 elections</a>, the party should "listen to the likes of Spanberger" instead of pushing for "the boldest possible progressive legislation".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spanberger's remarks were disputed by Speaker <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, who noted that Democrats kept the House, and progressive representative <a href="/wiki/Rashida_Tlaib" title="Rashida Tlaib">Rashida Tlaib</a>, who said the Democratic Party should "study the results" before dismissing progressives who represent their districts.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> digital editor James Downie criticized Spanberger's view, remarking that if a losing officeholder "couldn't manage to tie his or her Republican opponent to almost a quarter of a million COVID-19 deaths in the United States, a tanked economy or a dozen other policy fiascos, that's the candidate's fault."<sup id="cite_ref-AOC_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AOC-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Downie quoted progressive representative <a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez" title="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a>, who had noted that no swing-district House Democrat who co-sponsored <a href="/wiki/Medicare_for_All_Caucus" title="Medicare for All Caucus">Medicare for All</a> lost their seat, and had remarked in response to Spanberger's comments that "not a single member of Congress that I'm aware of campaigned on socialism or defunding the police in this general election."<sup id="cite_ref-AOC_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AOC-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CNN-aoc_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-aoc-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2022">2022</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia#District_7" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia § District 7</a></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_redistricting_cycle" title="2020 United States redistricting cycle">2020 United States redistricting cycle</a>, Spanberger's district was radically redrawn, and no longer included her home in Henrico County. Despite this, Spanberger ran for reelection in the seat. She was well within her rights to do so, since members of the House are only required to live in the state they represent. Spanberger was seen as one of the most vulnerable incumbents of the 2022 election cycle, with pre-election polls projecting a close race with Republican <a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince William County">Prince William County</a> <a href="/wiki/County_Supervisor" class="mw-redirect" title="County Supervisor">supervisor</a> Yesli Vega, a law enforcement officer endorsed by Governor <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Youngkin" title="Glenn Youngkin">Glenn Youngkin</a> and former president <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the general election, Spanberger defeated Vega by 52% to 48%.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Trump_administration">Trump administration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Trump administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/FiveThirtyEight" title="FiveThirtyEight">FiveThirtyEight</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s congressional vote tracker, Spanberger voted with President Donald Trump 6.9% of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 presidential election</a>, Trump defeated <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> with 50% of the vote to her 44% in Spanberger's <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">congressional district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 23, 2019, Spanberger joined six other freshman House Democrats with national security backgrounds in calling for an impeachment inquiry into Trump. They co-wrote a <i>Washington Post</i> opinion piece explaining their support for an impeachment inquiry, writing: "Congress must determine whether the president was indeed willing to use his power and withhold security assistance funds to persuade a foreign country to assist him in an upcoming election." They wrote that if the allegations were true, they amounted to "a flagrant disregard for the law" and "a threat to all we have sworn to protect."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spanberger later announced that she would vote in favor of impeachment. "The President's actions violate his oath of office, endanger our national security, and betray the public trust", she said.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 1, 2020, Spanberger tweeted criticism of Trump's reaction to the <a href="/wiki/George_Floyd_protests" title="George Floyd protests">George Floyd protests</a>, a series of protests against <a href="/wiki/Police_brutality" title="Police brutality">police brutality</a> that began in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> on May 26. On June 2, <i>The Washington Post</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> quoted Spanberger and several other high-profile former CIA analysts' interpretations of Trump's reaction to the protests as reminiscent of the reaction of totalitarian dictators on the brink of losing control of their dictatorships. "As a former CIA officer, I know this playbook, and I know the president's actions are betraying the very foundation of the rule of law he purports to support, the U.S. Constitution", she said.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes2020-06-02_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes2020-06-02-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wapo2020-06-02_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wapo2020-06-02-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ibtimes2020-06-03_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibtimes2020-06-03-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spanberger took issue with Trump after police used tear gas and rubber bullets on peaceful protestors and a priest during the George Floyd protests to clear a path so that he could have a <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church" title="Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church">photo op in front of St. John's Episcopal Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes2020-06-02_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes2020-06-02-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spanberger opposed Democrats' attempts to amend the <a href="/wiki/Insurrection_Act_of_1807" title="Insurrection Act of 1807">Insurrection Act of 1807</a>, saying that amending the rarely used law would not accomplish what Democrats intended.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Biden_administration">Biden administration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Biden administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a November 2021 interview with the <i>New York Times</i>, Spanberger criticized Biden after the <a href="/wiki/2021_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2021 Virginia gubernatorial election">2021 Virginia gubernatorial election</a>, saying, "Nobody elected him to be <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">F.D.R.</a>, they elected him to be normal and stop the chaos."<sup id="cite_ref-Biden_comments_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biden_comments-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also said the Democrats had not sufficiently recognized that "inflation is a problem".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spanberger's committee assignments included:<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Agriculture" title="United States House Committee on Agriculture">Committee on Agriculture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Commodity_Exchanges,_Energy,_and_Credit" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit">Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Conservation_and_Forestry" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry">Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry</a> (Chair)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">Committee on Foreign Affairs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Foreign_Affairs_Subcommittee_on_Asia,_the_Pacific_and_Nonproliferation" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation">Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Foreign_Affairs_Subcommittee_on_Europe,_Eurasia,_Energy,_and_the_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment">Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_Equality_Caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT Equality Caucus">LGBT Equality Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Democrat_Coalition" title="New Democrat Coalition">New Democrat Coalition</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Problem_Solvers_Caucus" title="Problem Solvers Caucus">Problem Solvers Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Armenian_Caucus" title="Congressional Armenian Caucus">Congressional Armenian Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Caucus_for_the_Equal_Rights_Amendment" title="Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment">Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rare_Disease_Caucus" title="Rare Disease Caucus">Rare Disease Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2025_gubernatorial_election">2025 gubernatorial election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2025 gubernatorial election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2025_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2025 Virginia gubernatorial election">2025 Virginia gubernatorial election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spanberger_for_Governor_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Spanberger_for_Governor_logo.png/220px-Spanberger_for_Governor_logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Spanberger_for_Governor_logo.png/330px-Spanberger_for_Governor_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Spanberger_for_Governor_logo.png/440px-Spanberger_for_Governor_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="3150" data-file-height="1406" /></a><figcaption>Spanberger's gubernatorial campaign logo</figcaption></figure> <p>In November 2023, Spanberger declared her candidacy for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">governor of Virginia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2025_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2025 Virginia gubernatorial election">2025 election</a>. The primary elections will take place on June 17, 2025. If she wins the general election on November 4, she will become the state's first female governor.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon announcing her candidacy, disinformation proponents made numerous <a href="/wiki/Typosquatting" title="Typosquatting">fake URLs</a> that mimic Spanberger's web address, but lead to webpages for Republican candidate <a href="/wiki/Winsome_Sears" class="mw-redirect" title="Winsome Sears">Winsome Sears</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spanberger is a <a href="/wiki/New_Democrats_(United_States)" title="New Democrats (United States)">centrist Democrat</a><sup id="cite_ref-centrist_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centrist-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has described herself as a "passionate pragmatist".<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Virginia's <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/WCVE-FM" title="WCVE-FM">WCVE-FM</a>, found her legislative voting record as being "typical in this highly partisan era" and she "always voted for Biden’s agenda" while still being the fifth most bipartisan member in the House when it came to cosponsoring legislation and opposing one of Biden's <a href="/wiki/Executive_order" title="Executive order">executive orders</a> on immigration.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2019_Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election">2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election</a> on the opening day of the <a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th United States Congress</a>, she voted for U.S. representative <a href="/wiki/Cheri_Bustos" title="Cheri Bustos">Cheri Bustos</a>, an Illinois Democrat, joining 11 other Democrats who did not back <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion_access">Abortion access</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Abortion access"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spanberger supports legal <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RTD10272018_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTD10272018-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economy">Economy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although not a member of Congress when it passed, Spanberger criticized the 2017 <a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act</a> supported by President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, arguing that its permanent tax cuts for corporations would increase the national debt.<sup id="cite_ref-RTD10272018_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTD10272018-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spanberger has called for the passage of the <a href="/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Mexico%E2%80%93Canada_Agreement" title="United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement">USMCA</a> trade deal negotiated between the Trump administration, Mexico, and Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2020, Spanberger voted against the <a href="/wiki/HEROES_Act" title="HEROES Act">HEROES Act</a>, a proposed $3 trillion stimulus package in response to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said the bill went "far beyond" pandemic relief and had no chance of passing the Republican-controlled <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2020, Spanberger led a bipartisan effort to secure the <a href="/wiki/340B_Drug_Pricing_Program" title="340B Drug Pricing Program">340B Drug Pricing Program</a> against changes that would lead to significant increases in prescription medication costs.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Congressional_stock_trading_ban">Congressional stock trading ban</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Congressional stock trading ban"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="TRUST_in_Congress_Act"></span>Spanberger supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks. She has introduced legislation that would require lawmakers, as well as their spouses and dependent children, to place assets in a <a href="/wiki/Blind_trust" title="Blind trust">blind trust</a> while in office.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spanberger has called <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> "one of the greatest and most imminent threats to our economy, our national security, and our way of life" and said she will "stand up to attacks against science."<sup id="cite_ref-RTD10272018_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTD10272018-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting in 2019, Spanberger asked the Trump administration to reverse its isolationist policies, saying, "it's in [the US's] national interest to reinforce our stature as a global leader on international environmental and energy issues."<sup id="cite_ref-Envir_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Envir-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She described the <a href="/wiki/Green_New_Deal" title="Green New Deal">Green New Deal</a> proposed by <a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez" title="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> as a "bold compilation of ideas meant to address global climate change" but criticized it for allegedly including unrelated policy proposals and not identifying specific resolutions to the problems that it identifies. "Overall I am not a supporter of the Green New Deal", she said.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPo2202019_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo2202019-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2023, Spanberger, along with Representatives <a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">Randy Weber</a> (<abbr title="Republican of Texas's 14th congressional district">R‑TX 14th</abbr>), <a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Fletcher" title="Lizzie Fletcher">Lizzie Fletcher</a> (<abbr title="Democrat of Texas's 07th congressional district">D‑TX 07th</abbr>), <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Mace" title="Nancy Mace">Nancy Mace</a> (<abbr title="Republican of South Carolina's 01st congressional district">R‑SC 01st</abbr>), <a href="/wiki/Don_Davis_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Don Davis (North Carolina politician)">Don Davis</a> (<abbr title="Democrat of North Carolina's 01st congressional district">D‑NC 01st</abbr>), and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Eshoo" title="Anna Eshoo">Anna Eshoo</a> (<abbr title="Democrat of California's 16th congressional district">D‑CA 16th</abbr>), introduced the <a href="/wiki/Reinvesting_in_Shoreline_Economies_and_Ecosystems_Act" title="Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act">Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act</a>, which aims to share federal offshore wind power revenue with states for coastal protection and restoration work. The bill was also introduced in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-Cassidy_release_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cassidy_release-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fletcher_release_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fletcher_release-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_affairs">Foreign affairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Foreign affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2023, during the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russo–Ukrainian War</a>, Spanberger signed a letter advocating for President Biden to give <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_variants" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants">F-16</a> fighter jets to Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care">Health care</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spanberger supports the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a> (Obamacare).<sup id="cite_ref-RTD10272018_63-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTD10272018-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She supports a <a href="/wiki/Public_option" class="mw-redirect" title="Public option">public option</a> for healthcare via the proposed Medicare-X Choice Act.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2020, she described reducing the cost of prescription drugs as "the top priority of families in [her] district".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2020, Spanberger sponsored the Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts Act, which passed the House unanimously. The bill requires <a href="/wiki/Pharmacy_benefit_management" title="Pharmacy benefit management">pharmacy benefit managers</a> (PBMs), who manage prescription drug benefits for health insurance companies, to publicize the rebates, discounts, and price concessions they negotiate, via a website hosted by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services</a>. Spanberger also co-sponsored the <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Cummings_Lower_Drug_Costs_Now_Act" title="Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act">Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act</a>, which grants Medicare Part D the power to negotiate prescription prices directly with drug companies.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="COVID-19">COVID-19</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: COVID-19"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 1, 2023, Spanberger was among twelve Democrats to vote for a resolution to end the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> <a href="/wiki/National_emergency" class="mw-redirect" title="National emergency">national emergency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 31, 2023, Spanberger was among seven Democrats to vote for H.R.497, the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act, a bill that would lift <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine_mandate" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 vaccine mandate">COVID-19 vaccine mandates</a> for healthcare workers.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_safety">Public safety</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Public safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Crime">Crime</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Crime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023, Spanberger voted against <a href="/wiki/DC_Home_Rule_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="DC Home Rule Act">overturning</a> the <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">District of Columbia</a>'s revision of its criminal code, which reduced the maximum penalties for burglary, carjacking, and robbery.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spanberger opposes <a href="/wiki/Defund_the_police" title="Defund the police">defunding the police</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has supported bills that would increase the ability of local police departments to hire and train more officers.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Guns">Guns</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Guns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spanberger has called for a new version of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban" title="Federal Assault Weapons Ban">Federal Assault Weapons Ban</a> that expired in 2004. She favors requiring <a href="/wiki/Background_check" title="Background check">background checks</a> on private gun sales and supported a ban on <a href="/wiki/Bump_stock" title="Bump stock">bump stocks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RTD10272018_63-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTD10272018-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Immigration">Immigration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Immigration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spanberger objected to President Trump's travel bans from certain predominantly Muslim countries and argued that they would aid jihadist propaganda by allowing a portrayal of the United States as an anti-Muslim country. She has voiced her support for stronger border security measures but opposes Trump's proposed wall.<sup id="cite_ref-RTD10272018_63-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTD10272018-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She voted for a bill that included funding for border infrastructure, technology at ports of entry, and more customs and border patrol agents. She said she does not support "<a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary cities</a>" but also called the term "a campaign slogan a lot of people get caught up in." She added that it "degrades the value of the conversation if we're not actually talking about what the real concern is."<sup id="cite_ref-WaPo2202019_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo2202019-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spanberger called for a pathway to legal status for illegal immigrants who abide by the laws, work, and pay taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-RTD10272018_63-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTD10272018-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spanberger voted to allow <a href="/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" title="U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</a> to be notified when undocumented immigrants attempt to purchase firearms, and voted against the House budget in summer 2019 because it failed to acknowledge the growing national debt.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spanberger is married to Adam Spanberger, an engineer, and they have three daughters. In 2014, the family moved back to <a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico County</a>. They live in <a href="/wiki/Glen_Allen,_Virginia" title="Glen Allen, Virginia">Glen Allen, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a <a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_the_United_States" title="Protestantism in the United States">Protestant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018_2">2018</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2018 Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Abigail Spanberger </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>33,210 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>72.68 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Daniel Ward </td> <td style="text-align:right">12,483 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.32 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>45,693 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2018 Virginia's 7th congressional district<sup id="cite_ref-VA_2018_House_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VA_2018_House-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Abigail Spanberger </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>176,079 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.34 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Brat" title="Dave Brat">Dave Brat</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">169,295 </td> <td style="text-align:right">48.40 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joe Walton </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,216 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.21 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDDD;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/N/a" class="mw-redirect" title="N/a">n/a</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-ins </td> <td style="text-align:right">213 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.06 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>349,803 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_2">2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2020 Virginia's 7th congressional district<sup id="cite_ref-VA_2020_House_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VA_2020_House-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Abigail Spanberger (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>230,893 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.82 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Freitas" title="Nick Freitas">Nick Freitas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">222,623 </td> <td style="text-align:right">49.00 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDDD;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/N/a" class="mw-redirect" title="N/a">n/a</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-ins </td> <td style="text-align:right">823 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.18 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>454,339 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022_2">2022</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2022 Virginia's 7th congressional district<sup id="cite_ref-VA_2022_House_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VA_2022_House-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Abigail Spanberger (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>143,357 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Yesli Vega </td> <td style="text-align:right">130,586 </td> <td style="text-align:right">47.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDDD;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/N/a" class="mw-redirect" title="N/a">n/a</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-ins </td> <td style="text-align:right">647 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>274,590 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Spanberger&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Women in the United States House of Representatives">Women in the United States House of Representatives</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 7,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Virginia%27s+7th+House+District+Election+Results%3A+Dave+Brat+vs.+Abigail+Spanberger&rft.date=2018-11-07&rft.aulast=Almukhtar&rft.aufirst=Sarah&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Felections%2Fresults%2Fvirginia-house-district-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbigail+Spanberger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/results/virginia/house">"Virginia House"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153137/https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/results/virginia/house">Archived</a> from the original on November 9, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 29,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Mother+Jones&rft.atitle=Abigail+Spanberger+Just+Beat+Tea+Party+Darling+Dave+Brat+in+Virginia&rft.aulast=Spinelli&rft.aufirst=Dan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.motherjones.com%2Fpolitics%2F2018%2F11%2Fabigail-spanberger-just-beat-tea-party-darling-dave-brat-in-virginia%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbigail+Spanberger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristina_Wilkie2018" class="citation news cs1">Christina Wilkie (November 11, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/01/democrat-abigail-spanberger-could-upset-gop-rep-dave-brat-in-virginia.html">"After nearly 50 years of Republican control, this Virginia House district could flip to the Democrats"</a>. <a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=After+nearly+50+years+of+Republican+control%2C+this+Virginia+House+district+could+flip+to+the+Democrats&rft.date=2018-11-11&rft.au=Christina+Wilkie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2018%2F11%2F01%2Fdemocrat-abigail-spanberger-could-upset-gop-rep-dave-brat-in-virginia.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbigail+Spanberger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See, for instance, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34664">a map of the 7th in 1990</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See, for instance, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34659">a map of the 3rd in 1990</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/virginia/house/district-7">"Virginia House Results"</a>. 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Warner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">T. Kaine</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Virginia" title="List of United States representatives from Virginia">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Scott_(politician)" title="Bobby Scott (politician)">B. Scott</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rob_Wittman" title="Rob Wittman">R. Wittman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Connolly" title="Gerry Connolly">G. Connolly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Griffith" title="Morgan Griffith">M. 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Kaine</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Virginia" title="List of United States representatives from Virginia">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Scott_(politician)" title="Bobby Scott (politician)">B. Scott</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rob_Wittman" title="Rob Wittman">R. Wittman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Connolly" title="Gerry Connolly">G. Connolly</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Griffith" title="Morgan Griffith">M. Griffith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Beyer" title="Don Beyer">D. 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