HENRICO, VA — Today, former GOP Sen. John Warner (R-VA) announced his endorsement of Abigail Spanberger for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Warner, a life-long Republican, is the second-longest serving United States Senator in Virginia’s history. During his 30 years in the U.S. Senate, Warner served as the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee.

RICHMOND, VA — The Virginia Education Association (VEA), which represents more than 40,000 active and retired public school teachers in the Commonwealth, today enthusiastically endorsed Abigail Spanberger’s candidacy for the U.S House of Representatives in Virginia’s 7th District. The endorsement was made through the VEA Fund for Children and Public Education, its political action committee, on behalf of the approximately 3,700 active and retired public school teachers and school staff who live or teach in the 7th district.

HENRICO, VA — Today, in response to Congressman Brat comparing the challenges of campaigning to those who are incarcerated and struggling with addiction, Abigail Spanberger released the following statement:

HENRICO, VA — This evening at the VA07 Debate in Culpeper, Abigail Spanberger shared her vision for a stronger, more prosperous District and Commonwealth. Spanberger discussed her common-sense policy positions on healthcare, the economy, education, the workforce, and public safety, issues of central importance to the residents of the 7th District.

HENRICO, VA —Today, Delegate Lamont Bagby announced his endorsement of Abigail Spanberger’s candidacy for Virginia’ 7th Congressional District seat. Del. Bagby, who represents the 74th Legislative District in the House of Delegates, joins a sizeable chorus of elected Democratic supporters at the state, local and federal levels.

HENRICO, VA — Today, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), one of the nation’s largest organizations solely committed to protecting benefits for seniors, proudly endorsed Abigail Spanberger, Democratic nominee for Congress in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. The NCPSSM works to protect the benefits seniors depend on and its membership includes millions of seniors in the United States and thousands in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Spanberger is the only candidate the NCPSSM trusts to fight for its mission to protect, preserve, promote, and ensure the financial security, health, and the well-being of 7th district senior citizens.

HENRICO, VA — Today, the Spanberger for Congress Campaign released a comprehensive list of false claims Congressman Brat has made over the past year regarding Spanberger’s positions. The list draws from Rep. Brat’s many interviews, emails, social media posts, and ads where he continues to make misleading claims about Spanberger’s policy positions and background. Released in advance of the VA07 debate in Culpeper, this list includes Spanberger’s actual positions along with citations.

HENRICO, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, Democratic nominee for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District, announced her campaign raised a record-breaking $3,596,588 during the 3rd quarter of 2018, the most ever in a quarter for any candidate in VA-07. With nearly 4,500 registered volunteers, Spanberger’s campaign and strong fundraising numbers reflect the on-the-ground enthusiasm and excitement for her campaign and build upon the previous 4 quarters where she has outraised her opponent, Representative Dave Brat.

HENRICO, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, released her 11th and 12th general election television ads, respectively titled “Work Together” and “Joe.”

HENRICO, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District, led a coalition of over 100 House challengers who are calling on Congress to make a good governance and campaign finance reform bill the priority agenda item for the next Congress in 2019.

HENRICO, VA — Today, the Spanberger for Congress campaign called upon their opponent, Dave Brat, to honor a mutually-agreed-upon, scheduled, televised debate on October 25th, 2018. Last week, a member of Brat’s staff informed the Spanberger campaign that they would no longer be able to abide by the terms previously agreed to for a debate in the Metro Richmond area, the population center of Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.

HENRICO, VA — Today, former Vice President Joe Biden endorsed Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District. Biden served 36 years in the U.S. Senate before winning election in 2008 as the 47th Vice President of the United States.

HENRICO, VA — Democratic nominee for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Abigail Spanberger released a new television ad today, featuring Goochland resident and mother Jody Cametas, a former Rep. Brat voter. In the new TV spot, Jody discusses her son’s Type I diabetes diagnosis and how the lack of leadership in Washington has dramatically impacted her family.

HENRICO, VA — At a campaign finance reform panel hosted today by Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District, Spanberger announced her reform agenda to ensure elected leaders serve the people they represent, not special interests.

HENRICO, VA — Today, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring endorsed Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District. A former state senator, Mark Herring was first elected as Virginia’s 48th attorney general in 2013, and was reelected in 2017.

HENRICO, VA — Today, the Virginia Police Benevolent Association endorsed Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District. The VPBA is a chapter of the Southern States Police Benevolent Association, a non-profit member organization that provides legal, advocacy and other representation to more than 50,000 law enforcement officers at the local, state, and federal level.

Henrico, VA — Today, in response to a despicable attack ad from Congressman Brat’s Washington allies that attempts to distort her background and belittle her record of service, Abigail Spanberger, Democratic nominee for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, issued the following statement:

“Like most CIA officers, I neither expect nor want accolades for my service, the classified details of which I’ll never be able to share or celebrate publicly. However, it is with the knowledge of my own service, the work I did to keep this country safe, and the intelligence I provided to Republican and Democratic Presidents alike, that I find these attacks to be absolutely shameful.”

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, Democratic Nominee for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District, released the following statement in response to the United States Postal Service acknowledging the improper disclosure of Spanberger’s Official Personnel File, and the subsequent use of her private information by the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a Paul Ryan backed Republican Super PAC.

“When I served as a federal agent with the US Postal Inspection Service and as a case officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, I did so to serve my country and protect my fellow citizens – including those who work at the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) and America Rising.”

HENRICO, VA — Abigail Spanberger, Democratic nominee for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, released the following statement in regards to a recent New York Times article detailing actions by the Congressional Leadership Fund, Speaker Paul Ryan’s Republican Super PAC, to release protected personal information to score political points.

“It is reprehensible that a political group would improperly obtain a copy of my unredacted National Security Questionnaire (SF86) in an effort to get personal information about me.”

HENRICO, VA — Today, Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax endorsed Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District. Fairfax was elected Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia on November 7, 2017. He is only the second African-American in history, and the first in nearly 30 years to be elected to statewide office in Virginia.

HENRICO, VA — Today, Senator Mark Warner, the senior senator from Virginia, endorsed Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District. Senator Warner served as the 69th Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia before his election to the U.S. Senate in 2009.

HENRICO, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District, received the endorsement of Foreign Policy for America, a nonpartisan advocacy organization committed to defending diplomacy and standing up for principled American engagement in the world.

HENRICO, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District, announced her campaign raised more than $615,000 in the second quarter of 2018, from April 1 to June 30. That total is the most ever in a single quarter from a Virginia 7th Democrat. In total, the campaign has raised over $1.3 million, more than any other Democratic challenger in the history of Virginia’s 7th District. Spanberger has not accepted any corporate PAC funds, and 74% of the campaign’s nearly 19,000 donations were small dollar contributions of $25 or less. Spanberger built the foundation of her campaign in Virginia with 75% of all dollars raised coming from Virginians.

HENRICO, VA — Today, the Virginia American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (Virginia AFL-CIO) endorsed Abigail Spanberger’s candidacy in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. The national AFL-CIO is the country’s largest federation of unions, with 55 national and international labor unions that represent 12.5 million working men and women.

RICHMOND, VA — Today, the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) announced their endorsement of Abigail Spanberger for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. The NWPC is a multi-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women’s participation in the political process.

RICHMOND, VA — Today, Governor Ralph Northam endorsed Abigail Spanberger in her bid to represent Virginia’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Spanberger decisively won the Democratic primary race, with 73% of the vote.

RICHMOND, VA — Today, Serve America announced their endorsement of Abigail Spanberger for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Founded by Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA), Serve America is an organization that supports service-driven leaders who put people over politics and who have the courage to do what is right, not just what is politically expedient.

RICHMOND, VA — The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who support sound environmental policies, announced today its full endorsement of Abigail Spanberger’s candidacy for the U.S House of Representatives in Virginia’s 7th District.

RICHMOND, VA — Today, J Street announced its support for Abigail Spanberger, candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. J Street is a pro-Israel, pro-peace organization that works in support of shared US and Israeli interests and efforts to pursue a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict via a two-state solution.

RICHMOND, VA — Today, the National Committee for an Effective Congress (NCEC) endorsed Abigail Spanberger’s campaign in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Since their founding in 1948, the NCEC has been providing valuable support and resources to Democratic congressional candidates across the nation.

HENRICO, VA — Today, Virginia’s Senator Tim Kaine endorsed Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District. Kaine formerly served as Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Chair of the Democratic National Committee, and Mayor of Richmond.

RICHMOND, VA — Today, The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced that Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for VA-07, has been included in the highly competitive Red to Blue program. Spanberger is one of only a handful of top-tier Democratic candidates across the country who have earned this designation.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, received the endorsement of Off the Sidelines, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) organization dedicated to inspiring more women to get off the sidelines and let their voices be heard.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Abigail Spanberger, candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, is hosting a primary election night party with supporters and volunteers to celebrate the first Democratic Primary ever in Virginia’s 7th District and await the election results. Once the primary results are announced, Spanberger will offer remarks on the race and her campaign.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Clarence M. Dunnaville, Jr., a Richmond-based civil rights icon, lawyer, and activist, endorsed Abigail Spanberger in her bid to represent Virginia’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, former CIA operations officer and Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, released her second television ad. The 30 second spot reflects on how protecting Virginians’ access to affordable, quality healthcare originally motivated her to run for office.

RICHMOND, VA —The Hon. Levar Stoney, Mayor of the City of Richmond, announced today that he is endorsing Abigail Spanberger’s campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia’s 7th District. Mayor Stoney is the first elected executive to endorse in the VA-7 Democratic primary race, and adds to a growing list of state and local elected officials backing Mrs. Spanberger’s candidacy.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Sara Gaborik, chair of the Chesterfield County Democratic Committee, announced her personal support of Abigail Spanberger’s bid for the Democratic nomination in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Chesterfield County, which overlaps with the 7th District, was a traditionally held Republican County that shifted Democratic in both local and state elections in the November 2017 election, confirming the shifting tide of the 7th and the likelihood of success for the Spanberger campaign.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, former CIA operations officer and Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, released her first television ad. The 30 second spot reflects on her service as a CIA officer and her commitment to being accountable to all 7th District residents.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — On the one-year anniversary of Congressman Dave Brat’s last town hall with constituents, Democratic Congressional candidate Abigail Spanberger has announced that if elected, she will hold a town hall in every county of the district during her first year in Congress.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District and former CIA Operations Officer, released the following statement today on President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement:

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Yesterday, Abigail Spanberger, former CIA operations officer and Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, received the endorsement of Population Connection Action Fund, the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots population organization. This offer of support is a reflection of Spanberger’s commitment to protecting women’s health and fighting any Republican effort to repeal a woman’s right to choose.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Jenefer Hughes, Commissioner of Revenue for Chesterfield County, endorsed Abigail Spanberger’s bid for the 2018 Democratic nomination in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Hughes’ endorsement joins a growing list of elected leaders within the 7th District supporting Spanberger’s candidacy for the U.S House of Representatives.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, received the endorsement of NARAL, the Nation’s Leading Pro-Choice Advocacy Group dedicated to expanding and protecting reproductive freedom.

GLEN ALLEN, VA – Today, Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, announced that she raised more than $338,000 in the first quarter of 2018. Spanberger’s strong 2018 fundraising numbers reflect her growing in-district and national support. More than 50% of Spanberger’s contributors live in the 7th District, and more than 75% are Virginians, with most residing in Central Virginia. To date, nearly two thirds of all contributions to Spanberger’s campaign are $50 or less.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, former CIA operations officer and Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, received the endorsement of End Citizens United (ECU), a grassroots organization dedicated to reforming our campaign finance system and standing against Citizens United. Spanberger has made campaign finance reform a key component of her campaign, and her dedication to this issue is reflected in her decision to not accept any corporate PAC donations.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — A new poll of likely Democratic primary voters in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District shows that Abigail Spanberger’s profile and message position her strongest in the upcoming June 12 primary. The poll, conducted by Global Strategy Group, shows that not only does Spanberger start with a significant 20 point lead, but she more than doubles her vote share after respondents hear balanced, positive profiles for both her and primary challenger.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Yesterday, the New Democrat Coalition Political Action Committee (NewDemPAC) added former CIA operations officer Abigail Spanberger to their “Candidate Watch List.” The group’s support adds to a growing list of local elected officials, community leaders, and Democratic organizations backing Spanberger’s bid for the Democratic nomination in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, three Democratic members of the Virginia House of Delegates endorsed Abigail Spanberger’s bid for the Democratic nomination in Virginia’s 7th congressional district.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA operations officer and Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, was recognized as a “Gun Sense Candidate” by Moms Demand Action. Part of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with more than four million supporters, Moms Demand Action is a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for new and stronger solutions to lax gun laws..

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, seven current and former Democratic committee chairs from across the 7th Congressional District of Virginia announced that they are personally endorsing Abigail Spanberger’s candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives. Coming from prominent Democratic voices throughout the District, these collective endorsements further solidify Spanberger’s status as the frontrunner of the current primary race.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Abigail Spanberger, former CIA operations officer and Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, received the endorsement of EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, Shannon Taylor, Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney, endorsed Abigail Spanberger’s bid for the 2018 Democratic nomination in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Spanberger is one of four candidates running to unseat Representative Dave Brat in November, but she is the first to gain the support of any currently elected officials covering the 7th District.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Today, the 2016 7th Congressional District Democratic nominee, Eileen Bedell, endorsed Abigail Spanberger’s bid for the 2018 Democratic nomination. In October of 2017, Bedell suspended her campaign for the 2018 nomination, and has now announced her full support of Spanberger’s efforts to unseat Representative Brat.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th district and former CIA operations officer, released the following statement about the incredible Democratic victories in Virginia:

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th district and former CIA operations officer, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision not to recertify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)

GLEN ALLEN, VA – Today, former Congressional candidate for Virginia’s 7th District, Jack Trammell, endorsed Abigail Spanberger’s bid for the 2018 Democratic nomination. Trammell was the first Democrat to challenge Congressman Dave Brat in 2014.

GLEN ALLEN, VA – Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate challenging Congressman Dave Brat in Virginia’s 7th district, demonstrates impressive early momentum and local support, raising more than $240,000 with the majority of donors from Virginia.

GLEN ALLEN, VA – Dr. Kim Gower, candidate for the 2018 Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia’s 7th District, has ended her campaign and publicly announced her support for Abigail Spanberger’s candidacy.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Abigail Spanberger, candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th district, released the following statement in response to last weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, VA.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Abigail Spanberger, candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 7th district, released the following statement in response to the most recent healthcare proposal by Senate Republicans.

GLEN ALLEN, VA — Former CIA operations officer, Abigail Spanberger of Henrico County, announced today that she is seeking the 2018 Democratic nomination for U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia’s 7th District. Abigail Spanberger brings to the race a background in law enforcement, counter-terrorism, foreign policy, and business.