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U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) during a property league with Moore Hallmark, Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Brian Lam, a section concern owner, extracurricular of Collage Spa connected November 3, 2022 successful Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger has been reelected to the House successful Virginia's 7th District, defeating Republican Yesli Vega, NBC News projected.
The cardinal Virginia territory was wide considered a litmus trial for however Democrats mightiness fare successful plaything districts during an predetermination rhythm that historically favors Republicans. The GOP came into Election Day heavy favored to triumph House control, but Spanberger's plaything territory was seen arsenic a important 1 for Democrats to clasp successful bid to curb their losses.
Spanberger, a erstwhile CIA agent, was archetypal elected to Congress successful 2018, winning a spot successful a territory that includes Richmond suburbs that are typically affable to Democrats.
But redistricting successful 2020 shifted Spanberger's territory northbound to the outer suburbs of Washington D.C., wherever the electorate is 20% Latino and voters are much socially blimpish than successful her existent district.
The caller territory besides includes much of Prince William County, wherever Vega is simply a region supervisor and an auxiliary lawman successful the region sheriff's office. If she had been elected, Vega would besides beryllium the archetypal Latina from Virginia successful Congress.
Endorsed by erstwhile President Donald Trump, Vega is simply a comparative governmental newcomer who defeated respective amended known Republicans to clinch the GOP information successful June.
Spanberger ran a run appealing to mean Republicans and autarkic voters, and distancing herself from the nationalist Democratic Party and from President Joe Biden, whose nationwide support ratings are successful the debased 40s.
Spanberger besides made termination rights a cardinal portion of her campaign, contrasting herself from Vega, who supported the Supreme Court's determination to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The contention was 1 of the nation's astir costly House races, with much than $20 cardinal pouring successful from nationalist enactment committees and extracurricular PACs. Vega and Spanberger each faced astir $7.5 million of antagonistic advertisement spending funded by extracurricular groups, according to the nonprofit Open Secrets, which tracks run spending.
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