Winsome Earle-Sears concedes Virginia governor race, says she’s ‘not going anywhere’

Virginia Lt Gov Winsome Earle-Sears explained the crowd at her referendum watch party in Loudoun County that she is not going anywhere after a defeat to Abigail Spanberger and adding that she hopes the governor-elect governs as the moderate she repeatedly pledged to be on the campaign trail I think I learn more in a loss than I ever do in a accomplishment Earle-Sears noted I don t think we came up short I think we tried very very hard so plenty of had counted me out for so long and it s an amazing thing to watch And we just kept plugging and plugging Earle-Sears announced she called Spanberger but that Spanberger did not pick up She explained she wished her well and that she remains open to volunteering to help the Spanberger administration achieve any goals that would make Virginia fruitful EARLE-SEARS COMES OUT SWINGING IN HEATED DEBATE AS SPANBERGER DODGES JAY JONES QUESTIONS I appealed her to please consider all Virginians that she will represent all of us and not just selected of us she stated I hope that Abigail considers school choice opportunities for our children to excel it can t just be one path How dare you stand in the doorway of a parent who says I want something different for my child she announced Earle-Sears added that she ran a race based on foundational ideas like repealing car taxes protecting children and their tuition and expanding the economic activity WINSOME EARLE-SEARS RELEASES TWO BULLETS AD SCATHING OPPONENT FOR FAILING TO DEMAND JAY JONES OUSTER I don t consider this a loss because I'm a Christian first and Republican second and that's the way it perpetually should be no political party has ever given their life for me she reported I'm not going anywhere and neither are you she announced adding that Virginia is not a radical-left state and that she intends to keep it that way We must pray for Abigail we must pray for our regime I'm really not even supposed to be here to think about it I mean I am an immigrant from another country and yet you all have given me the opportunity to do this she commented In comments to Fox News Digital Earle-Sears spokeswoman Peyton Vogel noted she is incredibly proud of the campaign the outgoing lieutenant governor ran and that Virginia nonetheless made history in electing its first female governor