(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Virginians resoundingly elected former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday in a blue relapse of the one-time battleground state—despite knowing very little about her past.
Spanberger—who defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle–Sears, a retired Marine and Jamaican immigrant—notably spent at least eight years as a CIA operative, from 2006 to 2014, before taking a job with former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and ultimately entering into politics.
During her Langley years, she is known to have traversed the globe, including assignments in Belgium and Los Angeles. That involved some undercover work, according to a recent profile by the Washington Post.
But the precise details remain a mystery.
“Spanberger is not allowed to say anything more specific than that her first overseas assignment was in ‘Western Europe,’ the Post wrote.
During her sleuthing days, Spanberger said she held five different passports.
“I would travel in ‘true name,’ but then I would meet people not in ‘true name,’” she told the Post. “Like, I would go to Frankfurt, stay over in a hotel in Frankfurt, and then continue on with no digital footprint.”
Even Max Blumenthal—the alt-left blogger and influencer whose father, Sidney Blumenthal, is a close confidante of Hillary Clinton—seemed shocked about the lack of vetting.
“The CIA Democrats are immune to vetting,” he mused on X.
In a lengthy profile of Abigail Spanberger, Virginia's new governor says she's unable to provide the public with details about six years of her career during which she worked for the CIA in Brussels and LA, holding 5 passports
The CIA Democrats are immune to vetting pic.twitter.com/ZvOidvtTzC
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) November 6, 2025
Despite having framed herself as a “moderate,” Spanberger’s congressional voting record showed she sided with former President Joe Biden nearly 100% of the time.
She will come into power in Virginia with a legislature in which Democrats hold a near super-majority, as well as an attorney general who fantasizes about murdering his political adversaries’ children.
Some have raised questions about whether Democrats’ election sweep of the major Virginia races and others may have been stolen, citing a familiar curve that showed a large jump in the number of mail-in ballots overnight.
Last night there were 125,000 early mail-in votes for Democrat Gov. candidate Spanberger. This morning there were over 300,000 early mail in votes for her! Source: @BollyDew
And take a look at the Virginia's Attorney General race: Miyares (R) vs Jones (D) for AG in VA.… https://t.co/2yQMuP4Ge3 pic.twitter.com/Il3NOUyrjR
— Peter Bernegger (@PeterBernegger) November 5, 2025
Others, however, have criticized Earle–Sears for running a weak campaign that allowed Spanberger and her far-left ticket to sweep the election, despite her refusal to discuss her past—or to repudiate political violence and transgender accommodations in schools.
This is devastating for Abigail Spanberger. It’s never a good sign when a full minute ad is just your opponent frozen without showing she has any soul at all. Spanberger looks like a robot: pic.twitter.com/4gULEl97ii
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 10, 2025
Ben Sellers is a freelance writer and former editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/realbensellers.
