Breaking news: Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former three-term congresswoman and CIA agent, becomes Virginia’s first female governor. Spanberger has said it was Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016 that got her involved in politics, and she made an immediate splash by taking on Rep. Dave Brat (R-Virginia), an upstart conservative who helped found the Freedom Caucus in Congress. Spanberger’s upset victory over Brat identified her as one of a new breed of Democrat — centrists who could win in a red-leaning district and who challenged the party’s orthodoxy. Read more here: https://wapo.st/491EDso   submitted by   /u/washingtonpost   to   r/Virginia [link]   [comments]