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Watch the pre-debate peculiar astatine 6:30 p.m., the afloat unrecorded statement opening astatine 7 p.m., and our post-debate unrecorded programming successful the subordinate supra connected Oct. 9.
NORFOLK, Va. (NEXSTAR) — The signifier is acceptable for erstwhile U.S. Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger and existent Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who are acceptable to quadrate disconnected Thursday evening successful their lone scheduled unrecorded statement successful the contention for Virginia governor.
Virginia is 1 of two states choosing governors this November, and its predetermination is often seen arsenic a bellwether for the enactment successful powerfulness crossed the Potomac River up of midterm elections adjacent year.
Spanberger is the Democratic nominee and Earle-Sears is the Republican campaigner connected the Nov. 4 ballot. Regardless of who wins, it volition beryllium a historical predetermination arsenic Virginia volition elite its archetypal pistillate governor.
Hosted exclusively by Nexstar's WAVY, the statement is scheduled to statesman astatine 7 p.m. from the field of Norfolk State University.
Two caller polls, from Emerson College Polling/The Hill and from Christopher Newport University's Wason Center, amusement Spanberger starring Earle-Sears 52% to 42% among apt voters.
After months of lobbing attacks, it volition beryllium the archetypal clip the 2 candidates statement look to face.
With the authorities unopen down and President Trump threatening to laic disconnected national workers – galore of whom unrecorded successful Virginia – the candidates' talking points are expected to see the president and nationalist governmental issues.
Spanberger volition person the accidental to overgarment Earle-Sears arsenic a campaigner incapable to propulsion backmost against Trump. Already, the Democrat has pointed retired that the Republican president's threats of imposing wide firings would distinctly interaction Virginia, wherever astatine slightest about 315,000 national workers reside.
Earle-Sears apt volition look to necktie her Democratic hostile to the national shutdown aft Congress failed to money the government. Democrats, who person consistently voted against a short-term spending measure, person said they volition lone ballot successful enactment if Congress extends health attraction subsidies set to expire astatine the extremity of the year.
The statement besides takes spot successful the aftermath of a texting scandal, aft The National Review published a study revealing that Jay Jones, the Democratic campaigner for lawyer general, successful 2022 sent substance messages suggesting the erstwhile Republican House talker get “two bullets to the head.”
Meantime, Earle-Sears' run has had to tract questions aft Youngkin unsuccessfully asked Republican John Reid to drop retired of the lieutenant governor’s race in transportation to a societal media relationship with explicit photos.
HOW TO WATCH
The debate volition watercourse unrecorded successful a subordinate above, and viewers successful the greater Commonwealth volition beryllium capable to ticker a broadcast and online provender disposable from Nexstar's WRIC-TV successful Richmond, WFXR-TV successful Roanoke, DC News Now/WDCW-TV successful Washington, D.C., and WJHL-TV and EJHL-TV successful Tri-Cities, Tenn.
Pre-debate sum volition statesman astatine 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the statement astatine 7 p.m. The evening volition wrapper up with post-debate sum astatine the decision of the event.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
