Virginia Delegate Briana Sewell Announces Bid for Spanberger’s House Seat

Abigail Spanberger recently revealed she is quitting Congress to take a run at becoming Virginia’s first female governor, leaving her seat up for grabs.

Voters in Virginia's 7th district wait in line to vote at the Henrico County Registrar’s office in a file photo. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Fresh off her Nov. 7 re-election back into the Virginia House of Delegates, Briana Sewell has announced she will enter the race for outgoing Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s (D-Va.) seat in the federal House of Representatives.

In a Nov. 20 statement to X, formerly Twitter, Ms. Sewell, a Democrat, said she decided to run for Congress because she was taught to “stand up and fight for what is right.”