Abigail Spanberger flexes her political power in a battleground state: ‘I could see her as president’

The centrist congresswoman is boosting Virginia Democrats for election day, and perhaps even eyeing the governor's mansion for 2026

As two dozen volunteers prepared to knock doors on an unseasonably warm afternoon in late October, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger reminded them that their work helped flip her battleground House seat in 2018. She predicted it would pay off again for Virginia Democrats this year.

It is how we have won in hard races across Virginia and across the country, and it is certainly why I feel confident that we are on the right path headed towards November 7," Spanberger said, speaking to campaign volunteers in a sunny parking lot in Manassas.