President Trump's tele-rally aims to boost Virginia Republican statewide candidates, with GOP defending legislative seats while pursuing governor's mansion.

Donald Trump doesn’t know the name of Winsome Earle-Sears, but he told reporters, when asked about the Virginia governor’s race Sunday night, that “she” should win, so, he at least knows that Earle-Sears is a “she,” and that whatever her name is, “she” is running for governor.

Lt. Governor and current Republican candidate for Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, posted to her X account on Thursday afternoon that her campaign bus had caught on fire while en route to an event.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and her campaign team are safe after their bus caught fire Thursday while traveling to an event.

Democrat Abigail Spanberger expanded her lead over Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in a new poll of the Virginia gubernatorial race released on Thursday. Newsweek reached out to the Earle-Sears and Spanberger campaigns for comment via email.

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears campaigned in Loudoun County as Virginia Republicans aim to win back suburban swing voters ahead of Election Day.

"The theme of affordability is pretty widespread across these elections," Dr. Ashley Koning, the director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University, told ABC News. The message of affordability also propelled Zohran Mamdani,