The campaign received nearly 20,000 contributions from more than 10,000 supporters
Richmond, Va. –– The Winsome Earle-Sears for Governor campaign, and its affiliated organizations, today announced that they raised more than $3 million since Lieutenant Governor Earle-Sears launched her campaign just four months ago. She received contributions from all 50 states, and from thousands of supporters in the Commonwealth. Nearly 90% of supporters contributed $100 or less at an average contribution of $35, and more than one-third have made multiple contributions to the campaign post-launch.
“The fight for Virginia’s future is in full-swing and the rush of grassroots and financial support for Winsome over just four months has placed our campaign in a position of great strength,” said Tucker Obenshain, Earle-Sears’ finance director. “Winsome’s American Dream story –– a Jamaican immigrant, a Marine veteran, a business owner, and now Virginia’s lieutenant governor –– and her leadership over the last three years in delivering meaningful results for the Commonwealth has energized voters in our Party and far beyond. Abigail Spanberger got a year’s jump raising money, but we are solidly on track to have the resources we’ll need to beat her.”
A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Earle-Sears immigrated to the United States at the age of six. She is proud to have served in the United States Marine Corps. In addition to her various appointments, she has served as the Vice President of the Virginia State Board of Education; and as a presidential appointee to the US Census Bureau, as co-chair of the African American Committee; and the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Winsome was first elected in 2002 to a majority Black House of Delegates district, a first for a Republican in Virginia since 1865. She is the first female Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the first Black female elected to statewide office. As Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears presides over the Senate when they are in session.
A former program manager for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and VISTA volunteer, Winsome is a trained electrician and successful businesswoman. However, Winsome is most proud of her community work leading a men’s prison ministry and as director of a women’s homeless shelter. She holds a B.A. in English with a minor in Economics, and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership, with a concentration in Government. Winsome and her husband, Terence, have two daughters Katia and Janel, in addition to DeJon, and granddaughters Victoria and Faith, who are now looking into the face of God.
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