Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger outraised her Republican competitor, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, by more than $2 million in the last campaign finance reports filed before Election Day.
Between Oct. 1 and Oct. 23, Spanberger raised $11.73 million compared to Earle-Sears’s $9.5 million, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, which posted finance reports after the 11:59 p.m. deadline on Monday.
Spanberger ended the period with a little over $4 million cash on hand, while the lieutenant governor ended that same period with $1.3 million cash on hand — a nearly $3 million advantage.
The figures are a continuation of the fundraising advantage Spanberger has consistently held throughout the election cycle. In September, Spanberger raised $12.6 million and ended the month with $5.4 million cash on hand. In contrast, Earle-Sears raised $9.1 million in September and ended the month with $1.6 million cash on hand.
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In the lieutenant governor race, Democrat Ghazala Hashmi raised $1.9 million between Oct. 1 and Oct. 23, far above the $454,094 raised by her Republican opponent, John Reid. Yet Reid closed out the period with nearly $351,000 in cash, while Hashmi ended that same period with a little over $335,000.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares was the only statewide Republican to outraise his Democratic opponent in October. Miyares, who has the backing of President Donald Trump, raised $8.6 million, vastly outpacing Democrat Jay Jones, who raised just under $2 million from Oct. 1 through Oct. 23.
Miyares ended the period with nearly $2.5 million in cash, while Jones ended the period with a little over $685,000.
Jones faced heavy criticism after the revelation that he sent violent text messages in 2022 calling for a former Republican speaker of the House to receive two bullets to the head.
Republicans have seized on the issue as a cudgel against the entire Democratic ticket, as the GOP hopes to retain control of all three statewide races. But most polls show Spanberger repeatedly leading Earle-Sears before the election next week. A RealClearPolitics poll composite shows Spanberger at 50.6% and Earle-Sears at 43.5%.
