ENDORSED
BY GIFFORDS
Representative Abigail Spanberger has always put her country and community first. She began her career as a federal law enforcement officer and later continued serving the public at the CIA, where she worked on counterterrorism and nonproliferation cases to keep Americans safe. In 2018, Representative Spanberger flipped a red district blue in one of the most hard-fought US House races of the cycle, and she has continued to work diligently for her community and lead with commonsense values ever since. Now, she’s running for governor of Virginia to help build on the progress made across the Commonwealth in recent years and create a safer future for the next generation.
Representative Spanberger believes that preventing gun violence and protecting the lives of American families, children, and law enforcement officers isn’t a partisan issue—it’s a public safety issue. In Congress, she has been a cosponsor and staunch supporter of measures to expand background checks to all gun sales and voted to pass the first major gun safety legislation to be signed into law in nearly 30 years: the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. During her tenure in Washington DC, she has also supported commonsense gun violence prevention policies that would help states implement extreme risk protective orders, disarm domestic abusers, incentivize gun owners to safely store their firearms, crack down on gun trafficking, and ban the assault weapons that have torn so many communities apart. Representative Spanberger also believes funding research into the root causes of gun violence is a pressing public health issue and has worked to allocate needed resources to lifesaving community violence intervention programs.
For too long, progress on gun safety has stalled in Virginia because the Commonwealth’s incumbent governor has refused to stand up to the gun lobby and put the safety of Virginians first, but that will change in 2025. Representative Abigail Spanberger will be a governor for every Virginian—from Newport News to NoVa—and she’ll work with the countless champions in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate to get the job done on gun safety once and for all. With her leading the charge, a future free from gun violence is possible.
Representative Spanberger believes that preventing gun violence and protecting the lives of American families, children, and law enforcement officers isn’t a partisan issue—it’s a public safety issue. In Congress, she has been a cosponsor and staunch supporter of measures to expand background checks to all gun sales and voted to pass the first major gun safety legislation to be signed into law in nearly 30 years: the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. During her tenure in Washington DC, she has also supported commonsense gun violence prevention policies that would help states implement extreme risk protective orders, disarm domestic abusers, incentivize gun owners to safely store their firearms, crack down on gun trafficking, and ban the assault weapons that have torn so many communities apart. Representative Spanberger also believes funding research into the root causes of gun violence is a pressing public health issue and has worked to allocate needed resources to lifesaving community violence intervention programs.
For too long, progress on gun safety has stalled in Virginia because the Commonwealth’s incumbent governor has refused to stand up to the gun lobby and put the safety of Virginians first, but that will change in 2025. Representative Abigail Spanberger will be a governor for every Virginian—from Newport News to NoVa—and she’ll work with the countless champions in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate to get the job done on gun safety once and for all. With her leading the charge, a future free from gun violence is possible.
We are proud to endorse Abigail Spanberger for governor of Virginia.
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