VIRGINIA – New reporting from the Washington Examiner and Virginia Mercury highlights how the already flailing Sears campaign is rapidly falling apart, plagued by problems and “faces setbacks.” With two new challengers in the race amidst her own campaign shake ups, Sears’ terrible, awful weeks are only getting worse. 

Virginia Mercury: Democrats seize on enthusiasm gap in 2025 Virginia House races

• “They’re having a primary because they’re not happy with Winsome Sears. Dave LaRock and Amanda Chase are getting in, [...] and that’s pushing Republicans further to the right.”

Washington Examiner: Winsome Earle-Sears faces setbacks as she aims to succeed Youngkin in Virginia

• “Virginia’s first black woman lieutenant governor … was on her way to winning her party’s nomination. [...] Then came whispers her campaign had lost focus and was suffering from a turnover problem.”

• “Earle-Sears recently brought in a new consultant firm to revamp her campaign. But ColdSpark, a Pennsylvania-based firm that ran former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s unsuccessful presidential campaign, has the potential to cause more harm than help.”

• “Chase […] has claimed it’s Earle-Sears who may struggle to qualify for the primary ballot, citing campaign ‘turnover and upheaval.’”

• “Last month, Chris LaCivita, Trump’s 2024 campaign manager, tweeted that Hung Cao, a Republican Senate nominee who lost his race, could run for governor"