Overview
- Suffolk University’s Oct. 19–22 survey shows Abigail Spanberger leading Winsome Earle-Sears roughly 52% to 43%, consistent with Newsweek’s tracker that places Spanberger up about eight points.
- Virginia Commonwealth University’s Wilder School poll has Spanberger up 49% to 42%, while showing Attorney General Jason Miyares leading Jay Jones 45% to 42%.
- A Washington Post–Schar School poll finds the AG race tied at 46% apiece as Jones’ support slips following reports of his 2022 violent text messages, with a majority saying he should drop out in that survey summary.
- Republicans are pressing the controversy statewide, and Earle-Sears highlights Spanberger’s refusal to call for Jones to quit as early voting continues across Virginia.
- Right-leaning outlets released undercover video of a Spanberger organizer alleging AIPAC donations and expressing doubts about change, a single-source item as national figures including Barack Obama and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro plan events with Spanberger.