Abigail Spanberger
Liberal
Democrat
Governor
Virginia
Current Position: Governor of Virginia
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For increasing housing supply and construction by cutting red tape to address housing affordability crisis
- For increasing quality childcare programs and addressing childcare affordability
- For expanding broadband internet access in rural communities through bipartisan legislation and state-level grant programs
- Against radical efforts to put retirement and earned benefits of Virginians at risk
- For repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) that reduced Social Security benefits for public service employees
Business & Labor
- For establishing a statewide paid family and medical leave program
- For raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour
- For guaranteeing paid sick leave
- For utilizing Project Labor Agreements for large state-funded projects
- For enforcing Virginia's prevailing wage laws
Health Care
- For giving Medicare power to negotiate lower drug prices and capping insulin copays at $35 per month for seniors
- For protecting Virginia's Medicaid expansion and defending against efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
- For the bipartisan Honoring Our PACT Act, which expanded VA healthcare and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances
Education
- Against diverting funding from public education to pay for voucher programs
Environment
- For long-term sustainable energy independence to lower rates for consumers and create job security
- For clean energy development including offshore wind, rooftop solar, and other renewable energy sources; supported clean energy incentives and electric vehicle deployment
- Against offshore drilling off Virginia's coastline
- For conservation programs and led the largest federal investment in conservation programs since the Dust Bowl through the Inflation Reduction Act
Civil Rights
- For reproductive rights including the right to contraception, right to choose, and right to access IVF; voted to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law and will work to codify reproductive rights in Virginia Constitution
- For same-sex marriage equality; voted for federal legislation protecting same-sex and interracial couples and supports removing the ban on marriage equality from Virginia's Constitution
- For LGBTQ+ rights protections; opposes discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in government services and employment
- For providing recycled federal computers to veterans for employment opportunities
- For providing retired police officers and firefighters with access to tax benefits to help cover health insurance premiums
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For voting rights restoration; voted twice for full restoration and modernization of the Voting Rights Act and supports adding voting rights restoration amendment to Virginia Constitution
- For banning Members of Congress and their spouses from buying, selling, or trading individual stocks
Public Safety
- For strengthening Virginia's safe storage laws to prevent gun violence
- For providing law enforcement with training, tools, and resources including funding for hiring, training, and benefits for officers
- For comprehensive approach to fentanyl crisis including cracking down on illicit drugs and providing addiction treatment and recovery services
- For closing background check loopholes, investing in mental health resources, and encouraging red flag laws adoption
- For strengthening Virginia's safe storage laws and supporting ban on manufacturing, sale, and transfer of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines
- For federal standards for safe gun storage, raising federal age to purchase assault-style rifles to 21, and preventing illegal gun trafficking