Former Representative Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, holds a lead over Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears in two new polls of the Virginia gubernatorial race released on Thursday.Newsweek reached out to the Spanberger and Earle-Sears campaigns for comment via email.

Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger leads Republican Winsome Earle-Sears by 17 points in the Virginia governor's race, a new poll shows.

The election that will determine Virginia’s next Governor is less than six months away and two polls released Thursday provided an update on where things are trending. The latest polls from Roanoke College and Pantheon/HarrisX both show Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger ahead of Republican nominee and current Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears.