Winsome Earle-Sears’ dream of becoming Virginia’s governor faces skepticism from her own party, with Republicans openly worried that she will lose one of this fall’s marquee races.
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Virginia Beach, VA (CNN) — At a Filipino restaurant tucked into a strip mall in southeast Virginia, Winsome Earle-Sears stood this week before a crowd of longtime friends and supporters and talked about her background as an immigrant, Marine and Christian conservative.
“In no other country is my story even possible,” she said, noting that she was paraphrasing former President Barack Obama. “I am an unconventional candidate and this just tells us that this is the American dream.”
