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Progressives see a relic. Republicans see an extremist. But Virginia’s governor is in the lonely middle. The post Spanberger’s Coalition of Nothing appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Spanberger’s Coalition of Nothing Progressives see a relic. Republicans see an extremist. But Virginia’s governor is in the lonely middle. When Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger took office in January 2026, establishment Democrats viewed the former CIA operative as a practical, reliable figure in a party most recently defined by chaos over the 20 months following Kamala Harris’s loss in the 2024 presidential election. But a party in search of new, electable figureheads to navigate troubled waters has instead witnessed a surge in its progressive ranks. Zohran Mamdani bested the Democratic establishment last…Open