2025 Virginia Governor Voter Guide Footnotes
1. Fox Business — https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6349488287112?utm | American Association of Retired Republicans — https://aarr.org/winsome-sears-virginia-immigration-crackdown-trump-support/ | Fox 5 — https://www.fox5dc.com/news/governor-youngkin-proposes-budget-ban-sanctuary-cities | Candidate Website — https://winsomeforgovernor.com/learn-more/ | Fox News Interview — https://www.facebook.com/WinsomeESears/videos/1826884364714111/
2. Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023209 | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021385 | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019674 | Virginia Mercury — https://virginiamercury.com/2025/08/27/spanberger-vows-to-scrap-youngkins-immigration-order-if-elected-governor/ | Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/118-2/66 | Winsome Sears Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1954550180964872576
3. Fredericksburg Free Press — https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2025/02/17/earle-sears-virginians-will-be-all-right-as-federal-workforce-purged/ | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1959049910277312993 | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1930985064734523424
4. Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024102 | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022420 | Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2811 | Social Media — https://x.com/SpanbergerForVA/status/1949975639294955557
5. Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1961128721596756219 | Fox Business — https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6336345650112?utm | 13 News Now — https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-lt-governor-winsome-sears-transgender-policy-glenn-youngkin/291-1fe748b9-4d63-4917-bc35-b89ee8e2e95e?uth | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1938253000687980739
6. Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5/cosponsors | Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/15/cosponsors | Social Media — https://x.com/RepSpanberger/status/1671946261988081664 | Social Media — https://x.com/SpanbergerForVA/status/1571559724369252352 | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll161.xml | Social Media — https://x.com/RepSpanberger/status/1571530001756872705
7. Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-lt-gov-defends-lawful-gun-owners-high-school-graduation-shooting-this-about-gangs | Candidate Website — https://winsomeforgovernor.com/learn-more/
8. Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023119?Page=2 | Social Media — https://x.com/SpanbergerForVA/status/996140549655744512
9. Daily Wire — https://www.dailywire.com/news/our-message-is-working-virginia-lt-gov-winsome-sears-on-school-choice-republican-landslides-and-achieving-the-american-dream?utm | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1959641566823194905 | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1961128721596756219 | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1960325729125630049 | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1959993599665607101 | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1886103797283291556 | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1955233998864629831 | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1961534527219888365
10. Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202139 | Social Media — https://x.com/SpanbergerForVA/status/1571559724369252352 | Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/118-1/192
11. Headline USA — https://headlineusa.com/rising-gop-star-winsome-sears-sets-sights-on-federal-election-power-grab/ | Candidate Website — https://web.archive.org/web/20210618095722/https:/winsomesears.com/issues/
12. Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/11/cosponsors | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019118 | Social Media — https://x.com/RepSpanberger/status/1691573415457542269 | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024345
13. NBC Washington — https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/va-gop-nomination-for-lt-gov-draws-controversy-with-campaign-photo-of-rifle/2672742/?utm | Washington Post — https://www.dailywire.com/news/our-message-is-working-virginia-lt-gov-winsome-sears-on-school-choice-republican-landslides-and-achieving-the-american-dream?utm | Candidate Website — https://web.archive.org/web/20210618095722/https:/winsomesears.com/issues/
14. Congressional Website — https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00242.htm | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202177 | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022410 | Social Media — https://x.com/SpanbergerForVA/status/966838775409242119
15. Daily Caller — https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/01/maher-winsome-sears-kirchick-child-sex-changes/
16. Congressional Letter To Ranking Members of House — https://sarajacobs.house.gov/imo/media/doc/ndaa_conference_letter.pdf
17. Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1837615906442153988 | Social Media — https://x.com/WinsomeSears/status/1502295320948051970
18. Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202329
19. WVTF Radio — https://www.wvtf.org/news/2024-01-24/lt-governor-earle-sears-pushes-school-choice-bills-that-are-unlikely-to-get-much-democratic-support | The Roanoke Star — https://www.theroanokestar.com/2024/01/19/op-ed-school-choice-week-by-winsome-earle-sears-lt-governor-of-virginia/ | Richmond Times-Dispatch — https://richmond.com/opinion/column/winsome-earle-sears-column-creating-a-better-education-for-virginias-next-generation/article_7826525b-8f63-5020-9da7-502bdb6a12fd.html | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1943482048917741786
20. Candidate Website — https://abigailspanberger.com/what-virginians-are-seeing-spanberger-announces-plan-to-strengthen-virginia-schools-support-students-parents-teachers/ | Tyler Englander X Post — https://x.com/TylerEnglander/status/1920602693640290672
21. Virginia Mercury — https://virginiamercury.com/2025/05/08/earle-sears-morally-opposed-to-virginias-reproductive-rights-amendment-note-shows/ | The Bill Walton Show — https://thebillwaltonshow.com/videos/a-conversation-with-the-extraordinary-winsome-earle-sears/ | The Hill — https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/570859-virginia-gop-lieutenant-governor-nominee-says-she-would-support-heartbeat/ | Candidate Website — https://web.archive.org/web/20210618095722/https:/winsomesears.com/issues/
22. WTOP News — https://wtop.com/virginia/2024/11/why-virginias-likely-democratic-nominee-for-governor-is-leaving-chaos-of-congress-to-focus-on-the-state/ | Candidate Website — https://abigailspanberger.com/issue/defending-reproductive-freedom/ | Social Media — https://www.facebook.com/RepSpanberger/videos/protecting-roe-v-wade/3096158317194535/ | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201911 | Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/12/cosponsors
23. WVTF Radio — https://www.wvtf.org/news/2025-05-27/spanberger-earle-sears-diverge-on-abortion-gay-marriage | Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1894391278562881953
24. Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5/cosponsors | Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404/cosponsors | Social Media — https://x.com/RepSpanberger/status/1671946261988081664
25. Social Media — https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1949967955325862366
26. Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5221/cosponsors | Congressional Website — https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/118-1/255 | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023391 | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023703 | Congressional Website — https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022420