The Republican candidate has a familiar closing message in the Virginia gubernatorial race. Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears' campaign spent millions of dollars on ads attacking Democratic nominee and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger for her stance on transgender rights in Virginia schools.

Abigail Spanberger made history in Virginia on Tuesday, Nov. 4, becoming the state’s first female governor, and she celebrated the milestone with her three daughters by her side.

On the campaign trail, Spanberger largely focused on so-called kitchen table issues like affordability and appealed directly to Virginia's nearly 150,000 federal workers who have been impacted by the...