Spanberger signals left bent after centrist campaign; GOP leader warns of ‘Fairfaxing the rest of VA'

Newly minted Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger campaigned as a pragmatic centrist, while critics said her day-one actions depict a very different four years the Old Dominion is about to experience.

In a flurry of executive orders after her inauguration, the Democrat rescinded ex-Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 287(g) order that instituted cooperation with ICE, and seized on broad affordability initiatives including housing regulation reviews that align with progressive approaches to zoning.

Virginia House Minority Leader Terry Kilgore...