1. Winsome Earle-Sears was born on March 11,1964 and is an American politician and Marine Corps veteran serving as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia since 2022.
11 Facts About Winsome Earle-Sears
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Winsome Earle-Sears is the Republican nominee for the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election.
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Winsome Earle-Sears served on the Virginia Board of Education, and ran for the US House of Representatives in Virginia's 3rd congressional district in 2004 and for US Senate in 2018.
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In 2021, Winsome Earle-Sears was elected lieutenant governor of Virginia, narrowly defeating Democratic nominee Hala Ayala.
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Winsome Earle-Sears is the first woman of color and first Jamaican-born American citizen elected to any statewide office in Virginia.
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Winsome Earle-Sears immigrated to the United States at the age of six.
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Winsome Earle-Sears grew up in the Bronx, New York City.
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Winsome Earle-Sears later declared her support for Trump after he became the presumptive nominee.
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Winsome Earle-Sears was inaugurated as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia on January 15,2022.
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Winsome Earle-Sears is Virginia's first female lieutenant governor as well as the first Jamaican-American female statewide officeholder in the Commonwealth.
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On September 5,2024, Winsome Earle-Sears announced her candidacy for governor of Virginia in 2025.