<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic" width="1200" height="628" data-attrs="{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":628,"width":1200,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":70548,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/heic","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":"https://www.spytalk.co/i/177487046?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic","isProcessing":false,"align":null,"offset":false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-refresh-cw"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>When we first interviewed Abigail Spanberger for the <a href="https://www.spytalk.co/publish/post/177487046">SpyTalk podcast</a> back in September, she had just announced she was giving up her congressional seat in the distant Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. to run for governor.  </p><p>A Democrat elected in a district that had gone Republican for decades, Spanberger quickly won a reputation for bipartisanship in …</p>
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When we first interviewed Abigail Spanberger for the SpyTalk podcast back in September, she had just announced she was giving up her congressional seat in the distant Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. to run for governor. A Democrat elected in a district that had gone Republican for decades, Spanberger quickly won a reputation for bipartisanship in … Read more

<a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ULvP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4ff51b-efad-4206-9db1-a627e2a3e376_1200x628.heic" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><p>When we first interviewed Abigail Spanberger for the <a href="https://www.spytalk.co/publish/post/177487046" rel="noopener noreferrer">SpyTalk podcast</a> back in September, she had just announced she was giving up her congressional seat in the distant Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. to run for governor.  </p><p>A Democrat elected in a district that had gone Republican for decades, Spanberger quickly won a reputation for bipartisanship in …</p>
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