Virginia GOP Unites: Reid, Earle-Sears, and Miyares Launch Joint Campaign

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

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Politics, the concept not the American spectator sport, comes from Ancient Greek politiká or 'affairs of the cities' and is defined as “a set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups.” Little is known about the lead up to the July First joint rally of Virginia’s three state-wide candidates, Winsome Earle-Sears the nominee for Governor, John Reid for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General Jason Miyares running for re-election. Many insiders expressed concern over the media coverage of allegations of scandalous photographs or the nation-wide coverage that Reid was a gay would put a rift in the party. However, one thing is sure, after rally after rally of standing room only crowds, the former George Allen aide proved that he had learned well from the former Senator and Governor how to focus on the positives ahead of them as he sits down with us on the eve of this kickoff rally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to this bonus episode of The Daily Signal podcast.
0:11.0	I'm your host, Joe Thomas, Virginia correspondent for The Daily Signal.
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0:44.1	Now, let's get started with today's conversation right after this.
0:48.2	I've been trying to focus on these two bellwether campaigns that always follow a presidential election. New Jersey,
0:56.0	which surprised so many folks four years ago within just a hair's breadth, with nobody paying
1:02.0	any attention of a Republican winning that seat. And I was watching some polls coming in on the
1:08.6	New Jersey race that showed the Chattarelli is within a couple of points of a congresswoman that I've talked to New Jersey residents.
1:17.9	They don't know who she is.
1:19.6	I think people are just like, well, I vote for Democrats, and they're just checking a box.
1:24.6	I mean, holy cow, have we devolved to this point? I guess that's how you wind up with a
1:29.6	mayoral candidate in New York like that. But Virginia is well, same, same. You look at the polls of
1:35.2	the last few weeks and months, it's a point or two in between Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger
1:41.4	and Lieutenant Governor Winsom Sears and running mate, I can say that
1:45.3	because they're going to be having a big rally going on later on today, all three statewide
1:50.3	candidates in the Commonwealth of Virginia. John Reed is back on with us. How are you doing this
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