Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s (D-Va.) gubernatorial campaign said Monday it raised $6.7 million in the first quarter of the year.
According to reports from The Hill, the haul included more than 50,000 donations of $100 or less in the first three months of the year, according to the Spanberger campaign.
The campaign said the haul is the largest amount ever raised by a Virginia statewide candidate in the first quarter of an election year.
Last week Spanberger was confirmed as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, teeing up a match-up against Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R). On Sunday, Earle-Sears was confirmed as the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee.
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) announced Monday it is investing seven figures in the battle to keep the Democratic majority in Virginia’s House of Delegates.
The committee made the announcement in its “Roadmap to Victory in Virginia” memo, which included its first batch of House of Delegates target races in 2025. The initial target list includes the 21st, 65th, 84th, and 97th House of Delegates races. Additionally, the committee announced it is adding the state’s lieutenant governor’s race to its target map. The lieutenant governor could play a pivotal role in casting tie breaking votes in the state Senate, which is not on the ballot this year.
In the memo, the DLCC accused Virginia Republicans of mirroring President Trump and federal Republicans’ agenda in Washington.
“As we gear up for November, legislative Democrats in Virginia have been on the frontlines of responding to Trump’s chaos and havoc while advancing Democratic policies that support working families,” the memo reads. That stands in stark contrast to Republicans like Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who has blocked much of the agenda passed by the Democratic Legislature to uplift families while expressing support for DOGE cuts that resulted in Virginians losing their jobs.”
Virginia is one of the two major statewide elections taking place in 2025, along with New Jersey. In addition to the House of Delegates, lieutenant governor and attorney general races, the governor’s race is also up for grabs.
