The 2025 election results are in, the Democratic Party has taken a hard-Left swerve, and as the government shutdown breaks records, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warns of massive air travel chaos.
It’s Wednesday, November 5, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251105-member-exclusive">the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Democrats Sweep Tuesday Elections</h2>
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Topline: On Tuesday night, Democrats scored a number of significant victories in statewide races across New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and California. 
Republicans were facing an uphill battle. The party in control of Washington almost always struggles in off-year elections, and the biggest races were in blue states. But there’s no doubt Democrats in many ways exceeded expectations as they easily won both gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, passed a significant ballot measure in California, and scored an overwhelming mayoral victory in New York City.
New York City: NYC’s election was defined by an enormous turnout. By 5 p.m., four hours before polls closed, there had already been more votes cast than in any mayoral race in more than three decades. That enthusiasm benefitted one man, Zohran Mamdani. The self-avowed socialist trounced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa by significant margins.
Republicans intend to make the best of a bad situation, however. Many of Mamdani’s policies are wildly unpopular nationwide, so the GOP will likely work to promote him as a new standard-bearer for the Democratic Party.
New Jersey: Democrat Mikie Sherrill scored a decisive victory over Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli, with the race being called within the first hour of polls closing.
This election was decided by women. According to exit polls, Ciattarelli won with male voters by a comfortable six-point margin. Among female voters, Sherrill won by a stunning 20-point margin.
Democrats also won big on two of the most important issues, healthcare and the economy. Exit polling showed that nearly half of New Jersey voters listed those issues as their top priority. Sherrill won those folks by a more than 2-to-1 margin. Much like Donald Trump, Ciattarelli did best among working-class voters and white men.
Virginia: Democrats’ candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general all came out on top. The governor’s race ended up a blowout, with Abigail Spanberger defeating Republican Winsome Earle-Sears handily. The last few votes were counted early Wednesday morning, and it appeared to be among the largest margins of victory for a Democrat gubernatorial candidate in the state in decades.
Republicans ultimately struggled to drive turnout in the state’s deep red rural counties, while Spanberger ran up the score in heavily populated blue counties near Washington, D.C., outpacing former Vice President Kamala Harris’s performance from a year ago.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Rise Of Democrat Radicals</h2>
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Topline: This election cycle has highlighted a growing appetite for socialism among young Democrats and the growing influence of progressives over the Democratic Party.
Socialism takes NYC: Mamdani won the NYC mayoral race, which is not altogether surprising in a deep-blue city like New York. And there’s an argument to be made that Cuomo could have pulled out a win if he hadn’t split the anti-Mamdani vote with Sliwa. But regardless, the Democratic Party has given its tacit or explicit approval of Mamdani. For as radical as Mamdani is to the mainstream of American politics, he faced essentially no public resistance from Democrats. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries even endorsed him.
Still, many Democrats didn’t appear pleased with Mamdani. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer never <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/politics/chuck-schumer-zohran-mamdani-endorsement.html">endorsed</a> him. Neither did former President Barack Obama, though Obama did <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-barack-obama-election.html">call</a> Mamdani to compliment his campaign. All of this speaks to a tension these politicians see between Mamdani as a broadly unpopular figure, but very popular among the Democrats’ left-wing base, which, with Mamdani’s win, is in its ascendency.
Loyalty over decency: In Virginia, Spanberger never distanced herself from the Democratic nominee for state attorney general, Jay Jones, despite his scandals. The Washington Post wrote in a Monday evening <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/03/virginia-election-governor-spanberger-sears-jay-jones/">editorial</a>: “If Jones rides Spanberger’s coattails to victory, it would be a sad reflection of a discomfiting willingness among voters to prioritize partisanship over human decency.”
This is currently a trend in Democratic politics. In Maine, Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner hasn’t felt Democratic backlash, except within his own campaign staff, from having a Nazi tattoo.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, dismissed Platner’s tattoo last month. “Between you and me, there might be one or two more important issues,” Sanders told Axios.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Shutdown Hits Air Travel, SNAP Benefits</h2>
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Topline: The government is still shut down, potentially causing major problems for upcoming holiday travel and delaying SNAP benefits for tens of millions of Americans.
The Senate voted on a continuing resolution that passed the House, and for the 14th time, it failed. Only two Democrats, Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman and Nevada’s Catherine Cortez-Masto, voted alongside Republicans to open the government.
Dem’s message: Democrats say it’s Republicans who are keeping the government shut down, and they are essentially arguing that the shutdown is happening because Republicans aren’t on board with certain healthcare subsidies.
“There’s nothing to be optimistic about, relative to the cruelty and the pain that Donald Trump and Republicans continue to inflict on the American people,” Jeffries <a href="https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/1985755754540708251">said</a> on Tuesday. “They refuse to address the health care crisis that Republicans have created.”
GOP’s message: Republicans have stuck to their original message —that the CR bill is “clean,” maintaining current funding levels without any policy changes. Democrats refusing to vote for it are clearly the ones keeping the government shut down.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) also said that Democrats want to force American taxpayers to fund healthcare for illegal immigrants, and that’s why there is a stalemate.
“In addition to their refusal to vote for the CR and reopen the government, the Democrats have had the audacity to demand something new. They demanded $1.5 trillion with a ‘T’ in new spending obligations,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C321Cds5qIY">said</a> Johnson. “Included in that is nearly $200 million of taxpayer funds that they want to use to restore free health benefits to illegal aliens.”
Shutdown on air travel: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Tuesday that if the government shutdown continues, air travel will be severely restricted during the holiday season.
“You will see mass flight delays. You&#8217;ll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it because we don&#8217;t have the air traffic controllers,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jxpszDOrQA&amp;list=RDNS6jxpszDOrQA&amp;start_radio=1">said</a> Duffy.
Shutdown on SNAP: Trump said on Tuesday that a potential delay for this month’s SNAP benefits will continue for 42 million Americans until the “Radical Left Democrats” reopen the government, which he said they can “easily do” at any time. USDA’s main website similarly says they don’t have funds to distribute benefits because of Democrats.
Trump’s message comes one day after the administration said it would dip into emergency funds to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-administration-partially-fund-snap-months/story?id=127138175" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partially fund</a> SNAP with a $4.65 billion payment, following a federal judge’s order. A court filing said that the process could take “a few weeks to up to several months.”

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Morning Brief: Democrats Sweep, The Rise Of The Radicals, & The Longest Shutdown In History

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Democrats are back in control of Virginia, just four years after Republican Glenn Youngkin shocked the political world by winning the governor&#8217;s mansion. 
Democrat congresswoman Abigail Spanberger was declared the winner by most major decision desks within an hour of the polls closing, with Decision Desk HQ <a href="https://x.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1985864768939249790">calling</a> the race soon after polls closed. 
Spanberger was favored to win the race over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. The former U.S. representative led Earle-Sears by between seven and 15 points in four late polls released on Monday, according to <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/governor/general/2025/virginia/spanberger-vs-earle-sears">RealClearPolling</a>. for Spanberger as returns began to show a flip in the governor&#8217;s mansion from red to blue.
Spanberger had a few fundamental advantages over Earle-Sears. As a Republican, Earle-Sears was disfavored from the start as the Virginia governor’s race rarely goes to a member of the same party as whoever won the White House the previous year. Since 1976, only once has that trend been broken. 
Virginia had been declared a blue state before Youngkin won over former governor Terry McAuliffe in 2021, in an election that was driven by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-schools-tried-to-conceal-sexual-assault-against-daughter-in-bathroom-father-says">parents outraged</a> over what was happening in Virginia schools. In one Loudoun County school, a sexual assault carried out by a skirt-wearing boy was covered up by administrators, who actually carried out punishments against the parent of the student victim.
President Donald Trump also remains unpopular in Virginia, having lost the state in three consecutive presidential elections. Spanberger spent much of her campaign running against the White House incumbent rather than taking Earle-Sears on directly.
Spanberger also had a heavy advantage in ad spending over Earle-Sears. The Democrat and her allies <a href="http://v">spent</a> roughly $50 million on ads ahead of Tuesday’s contest, according to data from AdImpact. In contrast, Earle-Sears and her allies spent about $25 million.
“There’s more than a two-to-one spending advantage, Spanberger over Sears. And at some point, it’s just hard to come back from that amount of political spending differential,” Cygnal polling founder Brent Buchanan told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251104-member-exclusive?elementPosition=1&amp;row=4&amp;rowHeadline=Morning+Wire&amp;rowType=Horizontal+Show+Episodes+Carousel">Morning Wire</a> ahead of the election.
Earle-Sears appeared to get a residual bump as scandals exploded further down the ticket involving Democrats’ nominee for attorney general, Jay Jones. The boost appeared to be short-lived as coverage of the scandal dropped off in the media, leaving Earle-Sears and her out-funded Republican allies to push the news out to voters.
When the race was called, the attorney general contest was still considered too close to call. Decision Desk HQ, which projects the final vote total as the votes come in, predicts that the race between Jones and incumbent Jason Miyares will come down to just a few percentage points.
Spanberger, a former CIA operative, was first elected to Congress in 2018.

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Democrats Take Back Virginia Governor’s Mansion, As Spanberger Cruises To Victory

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We look at the final polling and stakes for both parties, check on the New Jersey governor’s race, and peer into New York City, where frontrunner Zohran Mamdani brings a commanding lead into the final day.
It’s Tuesday, November 4, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251104-member-exclusive">the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Election Day: Here&#8217;s What To Know</h2>
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Topline: It’s Election Day, as millions of voters will make their voices heard and offer new insights into the looming midterms.
This could well be a rough night for Republicans. The party in control of Washington almost always does poorly in off-year elections, and the biggest races are in blue states or cities. But conservatives are still hopeful they can pull off some upsets. 
New Jersey: Republicans’ best shot appears to be in New Jersey. Republican Jack Ciattarelli has stormed back from a 20-point deficit to challenge Democrat Mikie Sherrill. The latest polling has him within the margin of error in a state where Donald Trump got within six points last year.
If he is to win today, he must have an enormous turnout from his base and win the majority of independents. New Jersey has nearly a million more registered Democrats than Republicans, and based on the latest data, Democrats have already cast about 220,000 more mail-in ballots. Ciattarelli is already digging out of a hole.
Virginia: Virginia appears to be a safer bet for Democrats, with their nominee, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, holding about a ten-point lead over Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in most polls. Republicans were hopeful that the texting scandal involving Attorney General nominee Jay Jones would drag Spanberger down, but, despite her refusal to retract her endorsement of Jones, she is holding steady.
California: California’s Prop 50, known as the Election Rigging Response Act, was proposed by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and would suspend the state’s current congressional map and authorize a partisan-led redrawing of districts. The ballot measure essentially allows Democrats to add up to five new Democratic seats.
The proposal has drawn outrage from Republicans around the country, but it looks almost certain to pass. That could have major ramifications in a very closely divided D.C.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">New Jersey Spotlight</h2>
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Topline: New Jersey residents hit the polls today to elect their next governor. The increasingly close race pits Sherrill against Ciattarelli, who’s hoping to flip the Garden State red.
The race to be the next governor of the Garden State is razor-thin. Most polls are within the margin of error.
New Jersey is considered a blue state. Residents have voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election since 1992. The outgoing governor, Phil Murphy, is a Democrat. And, Sherrill, up until recently, had a very substantial lead over Ciattarelli.
<a href="https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/11/jack-ciattarelli-will-win-njs-red-hot-governors-race-on-tuesday.html">More than a million New Jersey residents</a> have already voted, but Republicans tend to show up on Election Day, and the weather forecast is clear.
Obama tags in: Former President Barack Obama campaigned for Sherrill over the weekend, hoping to get her over the finish line, which many in the GOP have interpreted as the Democrats being worried. Much of Obama’s pitch was about Trump.
“It&#8217;s hard to know where to start because every day this White House offers up a fresh batch of lawlessness and carelessness and means spiritedness and just plain old craziness,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTVhhGCfxvM">said</a> Obama.
Trump factor: The president has enthusiastically endorsed Ciattarelli, calling him a great candidate who’s “all-in” on the MAGA agenda. As for Ciattarelli, he hasn’t shied away from Trump’s embrace, but there has been some nuance in his positions because he is campaigning in a blue state.
Ciattarelli says he will repeal the state’s board “sanctuary” policy on illegal immigration on Day One, but he also indicated that whatever it is the local “mayor and police chief decide to do to keep their community safe,” he’d be on board with.
Major issues: Economic issues are top of mind for New Jersey voters. GOP activist Scott Presler <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-jersey-is-100-in-play-scott-presler-on-the-cycles-most-interesting-election">told</a> The Daily Wire that this race is “100% in play” and he called this an “economic election.” Presler said New Jersey voters “are being crushed by property taxes” and “electricity taxes,” in particular. Ciattarelli has really focused on those issues and criticized Democrats for their energy policies. 
Cultural issues and parental rights are also playing a factor. Sherrill took some heat for saying she would mandate an LGBTQ curriculum in public schools and suggesting that parents don’t have a right to opt out of that.
She is also facing negative press over a reported $7 million in profits from stock trades while in Congress. She was fined for violating the STOCK Act. There’s also a cheating scandal from 1994 during her Naval Academy days.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">The Impact Of A Mamdani Win</h2>
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Topline: Polls are open this morning in New York City, and Zohran Mamdani, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, appears poised to win the mayoral race.
Mamdani’s chances: Most of the major polling shows margins range from 10 to 25 points in Mamdani&#8217;s favor. He’s winning between 44% and 50% support compared to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who’s getting around 25% to 34% and Republican Curtis Sliwa is pulling about 15% to 21%.
A new poll out yesterday from Atlas-Intel did show a tighter race though, giving Mamdani only a 6.6% lead over Cuomo. But the betting markets are tilted heavily toward Mamdani. Polymarket has Mamdani at a 95% chance of victory.
President Trump on Monday urged voters in New York City to back Cuomo over “communist” Mamdani.
What Mamdani means: Clearly, the younger generation is much more open to socialism than older generations. According to a recent survey, only 31% of young Democrats today have a positive view of capitalism, a 23-point drop since 2010. Mamdani is running on rent freezes, free city buses and free childcare, even government-owned grocery stores with fixed prices.
Another point to take is how immigration is impacting the political landscape. Polling data shows that the bulk of Mamdani’s support is coming from foreign-born voters. For New York voters born outside the U.S., Mamdani draws 62%. Cuomo only gets 24%, and Sliwa receives 12%.
For American-born New Yorkers, we see something of an inverse of these numbers. With them, Cuomo holds an eight-point lead over Mamdani.
Worth noting also that Mamdani would be New York’s first Muslim mayor and his positions on Israel have concerned many Jewish Americans. He’s refused to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and to condemn the phrase &#8220;globalize the intifada.&#8221;
Many are concerned that he represents a growing acceptance of antisemitism on the political Left.
Democrats are wary: Major Democratic party figures are sending mixed messages on Mamdani. Obama, the ultimate Democratic figurehead, called Mamdani personally and offered to be a “sounding board” for him. But never officially endorsed him.
Most other national Democrats seem to be splitting the difference in messaging somewhat, too. Mamdani has won some key endorsements from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). But Jeffries only endorsed at the last minute and said he doesn’t believe Mamdani represents the Democrats&#8217; future.

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Morning Brief: Your Election Day Guide, A New Jersey Spotlight, & The Stakes In New York City

Morning Brief: Your Election Day Guide, A New Jersey Spotlight, And The Stakes In New York City

The biggest question facing election analysts in Tuesday’s contests in New Jersey and Virginia is whether or not the “ticked-off, younger, diverse working class voters” for President Donald Trump in 2024 show up for Republicans again, according to polling expert Brent Buchanan.
Buchanan, president of the polling group Cygnal, told Morning Wire in an interview ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s elections that Republicans face an uphill battle to win the governors’ seats in New Jersey and Virginia, but the fight is winnable.
In New Jersey, Republican Jack Ciattarelli is running against Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill. While Sherrill has led in the polls, the latest data <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/governor/general/2025/new-jersey/sherrill-vs-ciattarelli" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a> the race is neck-and-neck. An Atlas Intel poll released on Saturday shows Sherrill up over Ciattarelli by just one point, 50 to 49.
The New Jersey race will come down to the unknown: whether or not Trump’s coalition of voters will return to the polls to vote Republican again. While Trump lost the state by six points in 2024, the margin was a massive improvement from the 16-point loss he suffered in 2020.
“The more Hispanic areas, the non-white, working-class areas of the state that made New Jersey a purple state during the 2024 presidential election,” need to show up <a href="https://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/12/20/final-election-results-show-scope-of-trumps-success-with-n-j-latino-communities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">again</a> for Republicans, said Buchanan.
“The challenge that we&#8217;re seeing in polling right now in both New Jersey and Virginia is that that coalition of the ticked-off, younger, diverse, working class voters … they&#8217;re still pretty ticked off, and so does that mean that they show up and reluctantly vote Republican? Or do they stay home out of protest?” the pollster said.
The Virginia gubernatorial race, as reflected in polling, is a much more challenging situation for the Republican, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. Democratic former Rep. Abigail Spanberger led Sears by between seven and 15 points in a slate of polls released on Monday. Across each poll, Spanberger’s level of support never dipped below 50%, according to <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/governor/general/2025/virginia/spanberger-vs-earle-sears">RealClear Polling</a>.
For Sears to win, “a lot of pieces have to fall into place,” Buchanan said.
“The southwest, which is the more rural Republican parts, have to come out in droves” beyond what they did for Trump in 2024, he said. Sears also needs to keep pace in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region in the state’s east along the shore.
“The Election Day turnout in the suburbs and urban areas of the state have to be pretty darn low,” Buchanan said.
The Virginia races have been affected by the scandals of the Democratic nominee for state attorney general, Jay Jones. Jones’ support by polling has taken a meaningful hit since he was revealed to have sent text messages in 2022 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-them-virginia-dem-sent-shocking-texts-about-killing-gop-leader-pissing-on-graves">wishing</a> harm against then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert, a Republican, and his children, saying that, “Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.”
Spanberger has largely brushed off the scandals plaguing the Democratic attorney general nominee, refusing to pull her endorsement for the embattled Jones. The scandal appeared to drag down the gubernatorial nominee in polling, as well. Spanberger has contained the damage with an overwhelming money advantage over Sears and with the help of a media climate that has largely stopped covering Jones’ texts, according to Buchanan.
“There&#8217;s more than a two-to-one spending advantage, Spanberger over Sears. And at some point, it&#8217;s just hard to come back from that amount of political spending differential,” the pollster said.
According to Buchanan, Republican candidates in both states will continue to have a shot at winning as long as Republicans show up to vote, no matter what polls suggest.
“Republicans can win when we actually go out and vote,” said Buchanan. “I think that&#8217;s one of the things that our voters do wrong. They see a poll that shows, well, maybe we don&#8217;t have a chance and so they don&#8217;t go vote. Democrats don&#8217;t act like that. They show up regardless. And if we adopt that attitude, we can win some of these really tough elections, too.”

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Election Expert Unpacks The Keys To GOP Success In NJ, Virginia – With One Big Unknown

Election Expert Breaks Down The Keys To GOP Success In NJ, VA – With One Big Unknown

In one of her final pitches to voters before a closely-watched election, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears is not mincing words.
“We’re going to win because we&#8217;re the ones with the common-sense ideas that are to keep Virginia moving,&#8221; the Republican said in a wide-ranging interview with The Daily Wire. &#8220;I&#8217;m talking about we&#8217;re going to make sure that the taxes stay low. My opponent has already said that she&#8217;s going to increase taxes.&#8221;
Earle-Sears&#8217; opponent, former Democrat Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, has attempted to campaign as a moderate. Earle-Sears isn&#8217;t having it.
&#8220;[Spanberger] has already said she&#8217;s going to make Virginia a sanctuary state, meaning that if you&#8217;re a criminal and you&#8217;re legally here, you&#8217;re going to get sanctuary,&#8221; the Republican said. &#8220;But then again, she didn&#8217;t have to say it because that&#8217;s how she voted. She voted for that, voted to keep our borders open. And so you see now with the problems that we have in trying to get those who are criminals and illegally here gone.&#8221;
Democrats like Spanberger are &#8220;not keeping us safe,&#8221; Earle-Sears said, noting that safety and security are all voters want.
&#8220;We want to be safe in Virginia, in America. We just want peace and quiet, and you go do your thing and let me do mine. And yet the Democrats who claim to tolerate people, yes, only except if you don&#8217;t agree with them. And they claim to love everybody, except, no, they don&#8217;t really.&#8221;
&#8220;We cannot have these people, Abigail Spanberger, Jay Jones, and Ghazala Hashmi as our three top leaders,&#8221; she added.
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Hashmi, the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, is narrowly leading her Republican opponent, John Reid. But it&#8217;s Jones, the Democrat nominee for Virginia Attorney General, who garnered national attention with the revelation that in 2022, he had suggested murdering his political rival and fantasized about their children dying.
“Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler, and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” Jones said in one of the texts, referencing then-Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Todd Gilbert, a Republican. Jones then fantasized about Gilbert&#8217;s children, whom he called &#8220;little fascists,&#8221; dying in their mother&#8217;s arms.
&#8220;Here you have a man running for political office who, when he had political office, advocated the murder of his opponent and also advocated the murder of his two children, who were two and five years old at the time,&#8221; Earle-Sears told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Who is this man, Jay Jones? We cannot have him. Is that what we want in America? And then, by the way, my opponent, she&#8217;s not too far behind because she has said, &#8216;Let your rage fuel you.&#8217; What rage are you talking about, Abigail? And fuel what, Abigail? And against whom, Abigail?&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, these people. Abigail Spanberger cannot be governor.&#8221;
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Earle-Sears has repeatedly called on Spanberger to denounce Jones and pull her endorsement, including during a fiery gubernatorial debate, in which Spanberger avoided the topic, saying only that “we are all running our individual races.&#8221;
“She&#8217;s politically calculating and cunning,&#8221; Earle-Sears said of Spanberger. &#8220;I used to think it was cowardice, but I see now — no, she wants power, she wants control, and so she refuses to say the right thing, which is to tell Jay Jones to get out of the race.&#8221;
Spanberger&#8217;s shortcomings aren&#8217;t the only reason Earle-Sears is confident she&#8217;ll prevail on Election Day. While polls indicate Spanberger is leading, Earle-Sears says the race is &#8220;much closer than the mainstream media has been saying.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m from a third-world country and I&#8217;ve seen what happens when the media decides that they&#8217;re going to support one political side and against the other,&#8221; Earle-Sears, an immigrant from Jamaica, said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t expect that in our media, not in America, but that&#8217;s where we are today.&#8221;
“The media has used lying polls that come straight from the Democrats, which at one point said I was down 20 points. But they knew the truth, when we had video of Abigail Spanberger telling her supporters that this was a toss-up race and it&#8217;s okay because she&#8217;s been here before. The one time I want the media to believe her, they don’t,” she continued.
In the closing days of the race, former President Barack Obama has campaigned for Spanberger, and President Donald Trump is expected to hold a virtual rally for Earle-Sears on Monday night.
“It was great being back in Norfolk to help get out the vote for [Spanberger] for Governor,” Obama posted to X on Saturday. “Virginia – Abigail Spanberger cares about your freedoms, she will fight for your rights, and she will work every day to make your life a little bit better.”
Virginia is one of just two gubernatorial races this cycle. The other, in New Jersey, has Republican Jack Ciattarelli <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jack-ciattarellis-final-pitch-in-new-jersey-this-is-a-change-election-im-a-change-agent?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Jack+Ciattarelli%E2%80%99s+Final+Pitch+In+New+Jersey%3A+%E2%80%98This+Is+A+Change+Election.+I%E2%80%99m+A+Change+Agent.%E2%80%9D%C2%A0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">facing off</a> against Democrat Mikie Sherrill. Both races are widely seen as bellwethers for the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election. Asked what role her campaign has played in broader Republican electoral efforts, Earle-Sears was confident once again.
&#8220;I think we&#8217;re expanding the tent here in Virginia,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I mean, here I am, an immigrant to this great country, and I&#8217;m running to be governor of our Commonwealth. I mean, it&#8217;s really unheard of, and I think it&#8217;s a great thing.&#8221;
&#8220;America is a great country,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Does she have her faults? Of course. But I tell you what, it&#8217;s the best we&#8217;ve got, and we&#8217;re gonna keep building.&#8221;

Winsome Earle-Sears’ Final Pitch In Virginia: ‘Common Sense Will Win.’

Former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail in Virginia on Saturday, speaking on behalf of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger and standing on the same stage as scandal-plagued attorney general nominee Jay Jones.
With the general elections just three days away, Obama stumped alongside Jones — who made headlines over resurfaced texts in which he advocated for the assassination of then-state House Speaker Todd Gilbert, a Republican, and suggested that he and his wife should have to watch one of their young children die.
Obama spoke largely on Spanberger&#8217;s behalf, claiming that she would faithfully represent all of Virginia and arguing that she would engage in civil discourse without name-calling or demonization.
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&#8220;And Abigail doesn&#8217;t just believe in working with everybody, she also believes — and this is really important — in listening to everybody, whether they voted for her or not,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Because she knows that if we want to make progress on the things that we care about, we have to be able to disagree without calling each other nasty names or demonizing each other.&#8221;
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&#8220;So at a time when our politics feels broken, we need desperately leaders like Abigail, public servants who are in it for the right reasons and are focused on the future,&#8221; he continued.
Obama did not mention the fact that Spanberger, despite condemning Jones&#8217; texts early on, had stopped short of saying that his comments should bar him from holding office. He also did not mention Jones&#8217; obvious contribution to that feeling of brokenness in political discourse.
Spanberger herself raised some of the same points as the former president, speaking about how she was ready and willing to work with everyone: &#8220;As Governor, I will work with anyone and everyone to get the job done for Virginians.&#8221;
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SPANBERGER: &#8220;As Governor, I will work with anyone and everyone to get the job done for Virginians.&#8221;
SPANBERGER YESTERDAY: I will not work with President Trump to create jobs. <a href="https://t.co/NMYE1Gbjit">https://t.co/NMYE1Gbjit</a> <a href="https://t.co/3C9o6OSZHB">pic.twitter.com/3C9o6OSZHB</a>
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Neither she nor Obama mentioned a recent interview in which she&#8217;d flat-out declared she would not work with President Trump to help create jobs in Virginia.
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🚨 Abigail Spanberger says she WILL NOT work with President Trump to create jobs.
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Obama Campaigns With Scandal-Plagued Virginia Dem Who Fantasized About Murdering Opponents

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An El Salvadoran national who’s been deported from the United States three times was arrested on October 17 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Arlington, Virginia, The Daily Wire has learned.
It’s unknown when or where Carlos Ramirez-Guzman entered the country most recently. He was booted from the United States by ICE in 2006, 2014, and again in 2016, and he is currently in the agency’s custody.
In addition to re-entering the country after deportation, Ramirez-Guzman’s criminal charges include “aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, domestic battery, exhibition of a dangerous weapon, resisting, obstructing, or opposing a law enforcement officer,” according to a Homeland Security press release.
“Carlos Ramirez-Guzman racked up an extensive criminal history over the last 21 years he has spent ignoring America’s laws,&#8221; DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. &#8220;Not only has this man been removed from our country on THREE previous occasions, but he also has a violent criminal history of assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, domestic battery, and resisting arrest.&#8221;
“Under President Trump and Secretary Noem this criminal illegal alien’s crime spree has come to an end. GOOD RIDDANCE, you are not welcome in this country,” McLaughlin added.
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Immigration has also become a hot topic in the Virginia governor’s race, which is next Tuesday.
Northern Virginia has become a hotbed for ICE arrests since efforts started during the second Trump term, including in Arlington and Fairfax counties. While Democratic leaders in the state have pushed back on ICE crackdowns, Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an Executive Order in February to allow state and local authorities to help with federal immigration operations.
<a href="https://virginiamercury.com/2025/08/27/spanberger-vows-to-scrap-youngkins-immigration-order-if-elected-governor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Virginia Mercury</a> reported in August that former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee, would “rescind” Youngkin’s aforementioned executive order if she is elected.
“Our borders are a front door, and we have to know who’s coming into the country. Do you mean us good or do you mean us ill? Who are you? Are you running from a murder charge, or are you running to something like liberty, like freedom?” Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who’s the Republican nominee for governor, said on Jillian Michaels’ “Keeping It Real” podcast last week. Earle-Sears legally immigrated to the United States from Jamaica.
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President Donald Trump emphasized his support for Virginia gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears and other Republicans on the ballot in a fast-approaching election day.
“I think the Republican candidate is very good, and I think she should win because the Democrat candidate’s a disaster,” Trump said Sunday on Air Force One regarding Earle-Sears, Virginia&#8217;s Lieutenant Governor and the Republican candidate facing off against former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat.
Before Sunday, Trump had not explicitly endorsed Earle-Sears, who is in a tight race against Spanberger to succeed incumbent Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Youngkin, who is term-limited, defeated former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe in 2021.
“Thank you for your kind words of support, President Trump. And you&#8217;re right—Abigail would be a disaster for Virginia,” Earle-Sears posted to X on Monday morning.
“I haven’t been too much involved in Virginia,&#8221; Trump said on Sunday. &#8220;I love the state. I did very well in the state, but I will tell you, I think the Republican candidate is excellent and I think the Democrat candidate is a disaster. I mean, I watched her in the debate, she couldn’t answer the most basic question.
Trump went on to say that &#8220;the big thing with that race and also the race in New Jersey is going to be energy.&#8221;
“Both of the Democrats are going to drive the energy prices through the roof,” he continued.
That&#8217;s a reference to Spanberger and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, who is facing off against Republican Jack Ciattarelli to succeed New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat.
Energy policy, particularly utility costs, has emerged as a hot topic in both states, largely due to policy debates over energy as well as the rise in data centers, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/data-centers-utility-costs-sleeper-issue-jersey-virginia-elections-rcna235401" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> reported. <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5557619-electricity-prices-power-bills-new-jersey-governor-race-2026-midterms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a> reported that the rise in electricity costs for New Jerseyans has left both candidates discussing the issue.
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Virginia and New Jersey have the only two gubernatorial races in 2025. Both states go to the polls on November 4. Trump endorsed Ciattarelli, a businessman and former New Jersey state representative, during the primary in May.
“Jack Ciattarelli is a terrific America First Candidate running to be the next Governor of a State that I love, NEW JERSEY!” the president posted to Truth Social at the time.
“Jack, who after getting to know and understand MAGA, has gone ALL IN, and is now 100% (PLUS!). He is strongly supported by the most Highly Respected Leaders in New Jersey and, as your next Governor, Jack Ciattarelli will work closely with me and the Trump Administration to advance our America First Agenda,” he continued. 
Ciattarelli is up against Rep. Mikie Sherrill in the gubernatorial race, as Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is termed out. Murphy and Ciattarelli ran against each other in 2021, in which Murphy won with just over 51% of the vote compared with the Republican’s 48%.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris won both New Jersey and Virginia during the 2024 election, but Trump won just over 46% of the vote in both states.

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Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat candidate seeking to be the next governor of Virginia, has pitched herself as a moderate who opposes &#8220;extremism&#8221; in an attempt to win the purple state. When asked about basic policy positions, she&#8217;s dissembled and deflected, refusing to answer or giving what her opponent has called a &#8220;word salad.&#8221;
But actions speak louder than words, and the former congresswoman has plenty of actions on record. How did she actually vote when taking a stance was part of the job? According to a new study from the Institute for Legislative Analysis, the reality doesn&#8217;t align with the rhetoric.
“Our <a href="https://www.spanbergervotes.com/">analysis</a> makes one thing clear: Abigail Spanberger’s voting record is consistently more aligned with the far-left wing of the Democratic Party,&#8221; Ryan McGowan, CEO of the Institute for Legislative Analysis, told The Daily Wire.
On crime, she held &#8220;extreme progressive&#8221; views, opposing a bill to stop Washington, D.C., from charging 24-year old violent criminals as juveniles — a measure supported by a police union as essential to stopping violent crime. When the D.C. City Council passed reforms that lowered penalties for crimes like carjacking and homicide, D.C.&#8217;s mayor viewed it as so soft-on-crime that she vetoed it.
But the city council overrode the veto, causing Congress to step in to block it. Spanberger <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/26/all-actions">opposed</a> blocking it, putting her to the left of then-President Joe Biden, who intervened to block the city council&#8217;s move. Many D.C. Democrats now view the city&#8217;s foray into leniency for violent criminals as a major mistake.
At a debate last week, Spanberger claimed that she would never allow Virginia to be a sanctuary state — seemingly a nod to the idea&#8217;s unpopularity — but was vague on specifics, and in other segments of the debate indicated that she would defer to counties to make policy. Virginia&#8217;s most populous counties, which also house most of the illegal immigrants, are controlled by Democrats.
In Congress, Spanberger&#8217;s voting record on immigration was categorized as &#8220;extreme progressive,&#8221; according to the analysis. She opposed the Laken Riley Act, the bill named after a young woman slain by an illegal immigrant which would place violent illegal aliens in federal custody, and the &#8220;Schools Not Shelters Act,&#8221; which would prevent housing illegal immigrants near children. She opposed the Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act, which prohibited federal money from housing illegal immigrants, even though Democrats like Marie Perez (D-WA), who caucused for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), supported it.
Virginia is a purple state with a narrowly-divided legislature, but for the last two years, both chambers have been controlled by Democrats. Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, has vetoed hundreds of bills that would have otherwise enacted far-Left policy.
Spanberger&#8217;s refusal to call for attorney general candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-virginia-pac-messaged-voters-about-jay-jones-violent-rhetoric-here-are-the-unsettling-responses?author=Luke+Rosiak&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=A+Virginia+PAC+Messaged+Voters+About+Jay+Jones’+Violent+Rhetoric.+Here+Are+The+Unsettling+Responses.">Jay Jones</a> to drop out of the race after texts emerged of him fantasizing about murdering the family of a Republican have led her opponent, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, to accuse her of lacking &#8220;courage.&#8221; At a debate with Earle-Sears, Spanberger repeatedly dodged the moderator&#8217;s questions about what action — as opposed to mere condemnation — she would take in response to Jones&#8217; texts, and instead blamed Republicans for the texts coming to light before the election.
All of that suggests Spanberger might serve as a rubber-stamp to Democrats in the state legislature — a vastly different party than the one many residents remember after many traditional Democrats were purged in 2019 after being primaried from the Left. The House of Delegates is now run by a convicted crack dealer, Speaker Don Scott.
The analysis of Spanberger&#8217;s voting record in Congress found that in some cases, she took stances that would increase regulations when even far-Left Reps. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MI) did not.
On federal spending, she held a voting record further to the Left than Ocasio-Cortez when it comes to several key votes, according to the Institute&#8217;s analysis. The former CIA operative opposed an amendment offered by Squad member Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to rein in Pentagon spending on low-priority projects. She opposed the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USE IT Act</a>, which would require the government to sell off buildings that were more than 40% empty — something even Progressive Caucus Chair Andrea Salinas (D-OR) supported.
On national security, she was moderate when it came to terrorism, supporting the designation of the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization. But she was further left than Progressive Caucus Democrats when it came to safeguarding the United States from China, according to the study. She opposed a bill to create a Chinese Communist Party Initiative at the Department of Justice to &#8220;curb spying&#8221; — a bill that was supported even by then-Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who infamously dated the Chinese spy Fang Fang. She opposed the &#8220;DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act,&#8221; which aimed to stop the Chinese government from setting up outposts in American schools.
On energy, Spanberger opposed a bill ensuring that gas stoves could not be outlawed, a response to a Biden initiative so extreme that the president later rolled it back. She supported an amendment that would ban procuring oil to restock the Strategic Oil Reserve, one supported by even Ocasio-Cortez, and an amendment that would shut down oil and gas production on federal lands, one opposed by Progressive Caucus Democrat Chris Deluzio (R-PA).
When it comes to Virginia&#8217;s congressional delegation, Republicans work across the aisle more frequently than Democrats, according to another <a href="https://www.gopscorecard.com/lawmakers?state=US&amp;year=2024&amp;filter=VA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Institute for Legislative Analysis. Republican Rep. Jennifer Kiggans broke with President Donald Trump 45% of the time, and every Republican included in the tally broke with him at least 20% of the time, while no Democrat voted with the president more than 8% of the time.

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Seeking Virginia’s Votes, Spanberger Talks Like A Moderate. That’s Not How She Voted In Congress.

Former President Barack Obama endorsed Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger on Thursday, a move Republicans have dismissed as an attempt to distract voters in the waning days of a contentious campaign cycle.
“Virginia’s elections are some of the most important in the country this year, and I am proud to endorse Abigail Spanberger for governor,” Obama said in the advertisement.
“I’m honored to have the endorsement of President Barack Obama,” Spanberger <a href="https://x.com/SpanbergerForVA/status/1978801209579282912">posted on X</a> Thursday. “He knows how high the stakes are on November 4th — and he knows that every vote counts.”
“Abigail Spanberger is trying to distract from her full endorsement of Jay Jones and his violent rhetoric of wanting to murder his political opponents,” Republican Governors Association Rapid Response Director Kollin Crompton said in a statement. “Spanberger doesn’t have the courage to stand up to her party, and Virginians see right through it.”
Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’ team account posted a GIF of NBA star LeBron James pretending to act scared in response to the Obama endorsement.
“Don’t worry … maybe one day a President will endorse you too,” Spanberger’s campaign account replied.
“Abigail Spanberger is scared and it shows. After losing support across Virginia, she’s leaning on liberal elites to try and save her collapsing campaign. This is a desperate play from a candidate who’s run out of support, out of ideas, and out of time. Voters see through it, and that’s why Winsome Earle-Sears is surging,&#8221; Earle-Sears&#8217; campaign press secretary Peyton Vogel told The Daily Wire in a statement Thursday afternoon.
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The statewide races in Virginia reached a fever pitch after Jay Jones, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, was revealed to have texted a Republican House of Delegates colleague fantasizing about the assassination of the former House of Delegates GOP Speaker and his children in 2022.
Jones has since apologized for the remarks while facing numerous calls to exit the race. In a recent debate, Spanberger said that they are running “individual races” when asked directly if she still backs Jones, but<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spanberger-still-sells-merchandise-with-jay-joness-name-despite-attempts-to-distance-campaigns?author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Spanberger+Still+Sells+Merchandise+With+Jay+Jones%E2%80%99s+Name+Despite+Attempts+To+Distance+Campaigns" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The Daily Wire</a> reported that bumper stickers and a shirt with “Spanberger-Hashmi-Jones” are still being sold in her campaign store.
Jones and Attorney General Jason Miyares are slated to debate on Thursday night, as that race is also considered extremely close. Virginia’s top statewide offices flipped red in 2021 with the election of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who cannot run for a second consecutive term, Earle-Sears, and Miyares.
Election Day is November 4, but early voting is already underway until November 1. There are only a small number of high-profile races this year, including the governor’s race in New Jersey and the New York City mayoral race, which has its debate tonight.

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Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger’s campaign store still sells merchandise boasting of her connection with embattled attorney general nominee Jay Jones, despite her recent efforts to separate the two campaigns.
A “Spanberger-Hashmi-Jones” shirt and a bumper sticker were listed on the campaign store as of Wednesday morning. Spanberger’s campaign did not respond to The Daily Wire’s inquiry on whether the items would remain on the website. Jones is facing intense controversy following the release of text messages in which he called for the deaths of a political opponent and his children.
During a recent debate with her Republican opponent, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, Spanberger attempted to distance herself from Jones.
“We are all running our individual races,” Spanberger said when asked to answer “yes or no” if she still endorsed Jones, adding that it’s up to voters to “make their own decision.”
“I am running my race to serve Virginia and that is what I intend to do,” she added.
The Republican Governors Association said that the merchandise still being listed shows cozy ties between the Democrats running for high-profile offices in the commonwealth.
Spanberger “is still selling Jay Jones merchandise. A man who fantasized about murdering his political opponents and their children,” the group posted to X on Tuesday. “Spanberger still fully endorses Jay Jones!”
Following the debate, Earle-Sears tweeted that “Abigail Spanberger had three chances to call on Jay Jones to drop out—and she couldn’t do it. Three chances to show courage and she failed every one.”
Earlier this month, National Review reported on texts Jones sent to a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2022 regarding former Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Todd Gilbert, a Republican who held the position at the time.
“Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler, and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” Jones said in one of the messages.
Jones is running against incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares, and some critics have called on the Democrat to exit the race.
“Jay Jones wished for the violent death of a political opponent and then fantasized about that opponent’s children dying in their mother’s arms,” Miyares wrote in a statement in light of the text scandal. “When confronted, he doubled down, saying that kind of grief and pain would be a good thing if it advanced his politics. And politics aside, one has to be coming from a dark place to advocate the murder of a colleague and their family. This conduct is disqualifying.”
Jones previously released a statement apologizing for the texts. Election Day is November 4 in Virginia, but early voting has already kicked off.

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