Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat nominee for Virginia governor, declined to withdraw her endorsement of her party’s nominee for attorney general, who admitted to sending violent texts about a political rival.
At a gubernatorial debate Thursday between her and Republican nominee Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, Spanberger repeatedly passed up chances to renounce her support for Jay Jones.
“The voters now have the information, and it is up to voters to make an individual choice based on this information,” she said, while calling Jones’ text messages “abhorrent.”
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