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**NOVEMBER 07, 2022**
What Voters in Virginia's Closest Race Think About the Midterms
BY JAROD FACUNDO
Real talk about abortion, the economy, and crime from the heart of
Abigail Spanberger's tightly contested district.
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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) greets supporter Barbara Cannon, of
Stafford, as she shields herself from the sun, October 11, 2022, in
Stafford, Virginia.
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA - One of the more closely contested races in
the country is taking place in this historic colonial town about an hour
south of Washington, D.C. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), the centrist
former CIA agent who in 2018 flipped Virginia's Seventh Congressional
District, which had been run by the GOP for all of the 21st century
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facing a strong challenge from Yesli Vega, a police officer and
sheriff's deputy for Prince William County who is the daughter of
Salvadoran immigrants.
Polling from the beginning of August showed Spanberger leading Vega by
five points
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Now, polling from the week before Election Day showed the race in a dead
heat. Over the weekend, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), whom Donald Trump
effectively chased out of Congress, endorsed Spanberger
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The race has been run, as they have across the country, on familiar
themes of crime, inflation, and abortion rights. In the final weekend, I
visited Spanberger's district, speaking with voters in the reliably
blue Fredericksburg, where the campaign's headquarters is located.
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part. BY AUSTIN AHLMAN
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providing election supports. BY JULIA MEROLA
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Inflation, Supply Chain Woes, and Elaine Chao's Culpability
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Democrats in general and Mayor Pete in particular should have
highlighted the disastrous hands-off approach of Trump's
transportation secretary. BY DYLAN GYAUCH-LEWIS
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