Over the weekend, Virginia’s Democratic governor candidate, Abigail Spanberger appeared on Brian Tyler Cohen. The popular democratic podcast hosted Spanberger, and her fiery response to the redistricting across the country.
Spanberger joined Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about the growing number of states who are redrawing their districts. The redraw comes after President Trump’s “showdown” with Democrats after the redistricting of Texas sparked redraws across the nation, Democrat and Republican alike.
Spanberger wants to follow suit, however Virginia’s laws make it difficult to redraw and recount outside of a census year. Spanberger says the new changes wouldn’t take effect in Virginia until 2028, even if they started today.
“But I’m also recognizing that in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the process that we have to make constitutional amendments, right? So, it was just a couple years ago that we went through a multi-year process to put a redistricting commission process within our state constitution.—if someone says, ‘OK, Virginia might be a possibility,’ that’s not till 2028 where there would actually be an impact on congressional elections,” said Spanberger in a quote from the podcast.
Later in the episode, she mentions how the democrats only option until 2028, is to “win those f—— seats.” Pressure has increased on Spanberger as the race has now tightened significantly with Spanberger only clinging on to a 3% lead as of June.
I wish she’d go harder to the hoop on redistricting. But what do I know? She’s our nominee for governor, and I’m tweeting in my basement. I will say I’m happy she said the work fuck. youtu.be/JNnu1HdW-lg?…
— James Abrenio (@jamesabrenio.bsky.social) Aug 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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A new Roanoke College poll of likely voters showed Spanberger leading Earle-Sears 46% to 39%, with 14% undecided. (RELATED:Spanberger Pockets $50K From Chinese Communist Party Member)
The recent rejection of the invitation to debate Earle-Sears on CNN could prove costly to the campaign down the line proven by the 2024 Presidential Debate that swung voters across the aisles into Republican favor. (RELATED:Virginia National Guard Deployed To Back ICE — Spanberger Calls It ‘Distraction Of Resources’)