Spanberger Shades Trump In Victory Speech: ‘Tonight We Sent a Message!’

Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) shaded President Donald Trump with several not-so-subtle references in her Virginia gubernatorial victory speech, telling the crowd, “Tonight, we sent a message!”

The former congresswoman defeated Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears with an early call Tuesday night, less than half an hour after the polls closed.

Spanberger took the stage about an hour later to applause from supporters and delivered a speech that took a few oblique shots at Trump — without mentioning his name.

The governor-elect said the people of Virginia rejected “chaos” and “stoking division,” and that “we turned a page” — but also reached out to supporters of her opponent:

My fellow Virginians. Tonight, we sent a message! We sent a message to every corner of the Commonwealth, a message to our neighbors and our fellow Americans across the country. We sent a message to the whole world that in 2025.

Virginia chose pragmatism over partisanship. We chose our commonwealth over chaos.

You all chose leadership that will focus relentlessly on what matters most. Lowering costs, keeping our communities safe, and strengthening our economy for every Virginian.

Leadership that will focus on problem solving, not stoking division. You chose, we chose leadership that will always put Virginia first.

And Virginia, I cannot wait to get to work for you.

Tonight we turned a page! We turned that page by listening to our neighbors, focusing on practical results, laying out a clear agenda and leading with decency and determination.

To everyone who helped us achieve this win, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you. I thank you for the trust that you have placed in me, and it is the honor of my lifetime to be elected the 75th governor of Virginia!

Speaker 1 I would like to thank my opponent for a hard-fought race. The Lieutenant Governor’s story, her military service, and her years of service here in Virginia deserve our respect and our gratitude. And I ask that you join me in wishing her and her family well.

I also know that those who were supporting my opponent are disappointed today. And to those Virginians who did not vote for me, I want you to know that my goal and my intent is to serve all Virginians.

And that means that I will listen to you, I will work for you, and with you. That is the approach that I’ve taken throughout my entire career. I have worked with anyone and everyone, regardless of political party, to deliver results for people that I serve. And that’s because I believe in this idea that there is so much more that unites us as Virginians and as Americans than divides us.

And I know, I know in my heart that we can unite for Virginia’s future and we can set an example for the rest of the nation.

Our founders understood this from the very beginning. They didn’t choose to call Virginia a commonwealth by accident. They chose it to signify that our government would be based on the power of the people united for a common good. Not for a political party, not for a president, not a monarch, but for a common good together. And tonight, Virginia proved that that tradition is alive and well. We are still a Commonwealth in every sense of the word.

Watch above via MSNBC.