DemocratAbigail Spanberger
Governor · Virginia
Governor of Virginia. Source: https://www.governor.virginia.gov/
13 tracked promises, 2 rated
Virginia
Represents Virginia statewide
Showing 2026–present term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+100 · based on 2 rated promises
- Fully Kept 2
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2026 · 2 rated promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept2
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
13 promises across 13 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Cost of living / affordability1
- Energy costs / data centers1
- Gun safety / public safety1
- Healthcare costs1
- Housing / renter protections1
- Housing supply1
- Immigration / law enforcement1
- Minimum wage / worker pay1
- Paid family and medical leave1
- Paid sick leave1
- Prescription drug costs1
- Public education1
- Reproductive rights1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)1185%
- Reputable news215%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
13 tracked promises
“Create a statewide paid family and medical leave program giving workers up to 12 weeks of paid leave to care for a new child, a seriously ill family member, or their own serious health condition.”
“Raise Virginia's minimum wage to $15 per hour, phased in to reach $15.00 on January 1, 2028 (with an interim increase to $13.75 on January 1, 2027).”
“Guarantee paid sick leave for all Virginia workers, requiring one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to five paid sick days per year, for full- and part-time workers.”
“Crack down on the pharmacy-benefit-manager 'middlemen' driving up prescription drug prices, including directing implementation of a single, Virginia-run PBM for the Medicaid pharmacy benefit.”
“Lower energy costs by producing more energy and ensuring high energy users — including data centers — pay their fair share of the cost of new electricity generation and transmission built to power them.”
“Rescind Executive Order 47 so that state and local law enforcement are not directed to divert their resources to enforcing federal civil immigration laws, refocusing them on core public-safety duties.”
“Direct all Cabinet Secretaries and executive-branch agencies to submit reports within 90 days identifying concrete budgetary, regulatory, or policy changes that would reduce costs for Virginians (the Statewide Affordability Directive).”
“Sign legislation protecting the right to contraception and put Virginia on the path to codifying reproductive rights (including abortion access) in the Virginia Constitution.”
“Take action to prevent gun violence, support Virginians struggling with addiction, and address the mental health crisis affecting children and communities.”
“Make Virginia's public schools the best in the nation, including investing in schools and educators and grounding students in reading and math.”
“Establish a cross-agency Interagency Health Financing Task Force to make healthcare spending more efficient, maximize federal funding, and reduce duplicative spending to lower healthcare costs for Virginians.”
“Establish a Commission on Unlocking Housing Production and review housing regulations and permitting to eliminate barriers and increase Virginia's housing supply.”
“Improve renter protections, including extending the timeline before a landlord can begin eviction proceedings from 5 to 14 days.”
Stated positions
13 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Reproductive rightsStated position
Sign legislation protecting the right to contraception and put Virginia on the path to codifying reproductive rights (including abortion access) in the Virginia Constitution.
Sourceshttps://abigailspanberger.com/issue/defending-reproductive-freedom/View position & sources → - Housing / renter protectionsStated position
Improve renter protections, including extending the timeline before a landlord can begin eviction proceedings from 5 to 14 days.
Sourceshttps://abigailspanberger.com/issue/abigails-affordable-virginia-plan/View position & sources → - Paid sick leaveStated position
Guarantee paid sick leave for all Virginia workers, requiring one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to five paid sick days per year, for full- and part-time workers.
Sourceshttps://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2026/may-releases/name-1118185-en.htmlView position & sources → - Paid family and medical leaveStated position
Create a statewide paid family and medical leave program giving workers up to 12 weeks of paid leave to care for a new child, a seriously ill family member, or their own serious health condition.
Sourceshttps://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2026/may-releases/name-1117602-en.htmlView position & sources → - Minimum wage / worker payStated position
Raise Virginia's minimum wage to $15 per hour, phased in to reach $15.00 on January 1, 2028 (with an interim increase to $13.75 on January 1, 2027).
Sourceshttps://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2026/april-releases/name-1116004-en.htmlView position & sources → - Healthcare costsStated position
Establish a cross-agency Interagency Health Financing Task Force to make healthcare spending more efficient, maximize federal funding, and reduce duplicative spending to lower healthcare costs for Virginians.
Sourceshttps://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2026/january-releases/name-1081466-en.htmlView position & sources → - Prescription drug costsStated position
Crack down on the pharmacy-benefit-manager 'middlemen' driving up prescription drug prices, including directing implementation of a single, Virginia-run PBM for the Medicaid pharmacy benefit.
Sourceshttps://cardinalnews.org/2026/01/17/full-text-of-spanbergers-inaugural-address/https://abigailspanberger.com/issue/abigails-affordable-virginia-plan/View position & sources → - Housing supplyStated position
Establish a Commission on Unlocking Housing Production and review housing regulations and permitting to eliminate barriers and increase Virginia's housing supply.
Sourceshttps://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2026/january-releases/name-1081466-en.htmlView position & sources → - Immigration / law enforcementStated position
Rescind Executive Order 47 so that state and local law enforcement are not directed to divert their resources to enforcing federal civil immigration laws, refocusing them on core public-safety duties.
Sourceshttps://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2026/january-releases/name-1081466-en.htmlView position & sources → - Energy costs / data centersStated position
Lower energy costs by producing more energy and ensuring high energy users — including data centers — pay their fair share of the cost of new electricity generation and transmission built to power them.
Sourceshttps://cardinalnews.org/2026/01/17/full-text-of-spanbergers-inaugural-address/https://abigailspanberger.com/issue/abigails-affordable-virginia-plan/View position & sources → - Cost of living / affordabilityStated position
Direct all Cabinet Secretaries and executive-branch agencies to submit reports within 90 days identifying concrete budgetary, regulatory, or policy changes that would reduce costs for Virginians (the Statewide Affordability Directive).
Sourceshttps://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2026/january-releases/name-1081466-en.htmlView position & sources → - Public educationStated position
Make Virginia's public schools the best in the nation, including investing in schools and educators and grounding students in reading and math.
Sourceshttps://cardinalnews.org/2026/01/17/full-text-of-spanbergers-inaugural-address/View position & sources → - Gun safety / public safetyStated position
Take action to prevent gun violence, support Virginians struggling with addiction, and address the mental health crisis affecting children and communities.
Sourceshttps://cardinalnews.org/2026/01/17/full-text-of-spanbergers-inaugural-address/View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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