One-on-One with Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican nominee for governor

One-on-One with Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican nominee for governor

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- 8News sat down with Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican nominee for governor.

Earle-Sears and 8News Capitol Bureau Reporter Tyler Englander discussed key topics, including what’s at stake in this election, economic issues, education, reproductive rights, and LGBT rights.

FROM THIS INTERVIEW: Earle-Sears declines to say if she’ll sign a bill limiting abortion access if elected governor

Watch the full interview below.

8News completed a similar one-on-one interview with Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for governor, earlier this month. That interview can be found here.

Editor’s Note: In the interview, when asking Earle-Sears a question on reproductive rights, Englander said third-term abortions were legal in Virginia in cases where a fetus is non-viable or if the mother’s life is at risk. Although a non-viable fetus can put a mother’s life at risk, Virginia law does not allow for a third-trimester abortion solely based on a non-viable pregnancy.