VA-GOV: Amanda Chase (R), self-described 'Trump in heels,' files for Virginia governor [View all]
RICHMOND — Former state senator Amanda F. Chase, a MAGA provocateur who bills herself as “Trump in heels,” entered the GOP primary for Virginia governor Thursday, one day after another ex-legislator jumped in, further scrambling Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’s prospects for winning the nod.
Earle-Sears faced only token opposition from a political unknown before former delegate Dave LaRock and Chase declared their candidacies in back-to-back announcements this week. Both raised questions about the lieutenant governor’s allegiance to President Donald Trump.
Chase, like LaRock, vowed to replicate Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service by forming a “Virginia DOGE” to slash state spending. Earle-Sears has spoken in favor of Musk’s DOGE, which stands for Department of Government Efficiency, as a way to root out wasteful spending in Washington, expressing confidence that displaced federal workers can find new employment in the private sector. But she has not proposed a Virginia equivalent.
“If you like what President Trump and DOGE is doing, you’ll love Amanda Chase because I plan to do the same thing here in Virginia,” Chase said in an interview with The Washington Post on Thursday, when she officially filed papers for the race. “Trump supporters have been calling me, saying, ‘We want a Trump candidate in Virginia.’”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/27/virginia-amanda-chase-run-governor/
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