Winsome Earle-Sears faces setbacks as she aims to succeed Youngkin in Virginia

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Virginia’s first black woman lieutenant governor has Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R-VA) seal of approval and was on her way to winning her party’s nomination when her momentum was blunted by two MAGA Republicans who jumped into the race. Then came whispers her campaign had lost focus and was suffering from a turnover problem. 

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks before Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Salem Virginia, Saturday, Nov 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

“It’s trouble and that’s what you also saw in Kamala Harris’s run for elected office,” former Democratic Gov. Doug Wilder, Virginia’s first black governor, told the Washington Examiner. “She had this tremendous turnover and it has an effect. It’s not that people shouldn’t pay attention to candidates, but we don’t know the reasons people are leaving. It’s obviously got a negative…

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