VA-GOV: "Very little about the Earle-Sears campaign is normal."
Last Tuesday, Abigail Spanberger was in Roanoke to speak to the state convention of the Virginia Trucking Association. The Democratic candidate for governor used her time to talk about how she supported trucking-related legislation in Congress, how she wants to find ways for state government to make it easier for people (especially veterans) to enter the trucking profession and how she supported creation of an inland port in Southwest Virginia to serve as a hub for freight cargo to and from the port at Hampton Roads.
None of this was headline-worthy news. Spanberger had endorsed the inland port months ago; neither it nor her other trucking-related ideas have any partisan tint to them. Her appearance before the truckers, though, was very typical of what Virginians have come to expect from their candidates for governor, who typically make the rounds of various business groups to talk about their plans.
What was notable was what the truckers didn’t hear: They didn’t hear from the Republican candidate for governor, Winsome Earle-Sears. She was invited but declined; her campaign sent word that her schedule didn’t permit a visit.
By itself, that’s not unusual. Candidates get far more invitations than they can accept. What was unusual was that Earle-Sears was in Roanoke; she just wasn’t at the Hotel Roanoke, where the truckers met. The trucking convention ran Sunday, Sept. 21, to Tuesday, Sept. 23. Earle-Sears’ social media account documents no events on that Sunday. She did post a video outside a prison, apparently in Norfolk, where she once led a prison ministry, although it’s unclear when that video was recorded. Her social media account documents no campaign events on that Monday, either, although that night she did have a private fundraiser in Roanoke. On that Tuesday, when Spanberger appeared before the truckers, Earle-Sears’ social media account shows no campaign events, either, although she had another fundraiser that night in Richmond.
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