After only a few months in office, Virginians are expressing displeasure with Virginia’s Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s tenure thus far.
A Washington Post–George Mason University Schar School poll shows Spanberger with the highest disapproval rating at this point in her term than any Governor, from either party, since 1994.
Under Spanberger’s leadership, Democrats have championed a slew of leftist policies, including political indoctrination in public schools, pushing sweeping new gun control laws, a radical congressional redistricting referendum, and soft on crime polices.
Spanberger is also hampering residents and businesses with a flurry of new taxes proposed to increase revenue, including levies on everything from car ownership to dog walking to gym memberships, as well as regional sales tax increases and delivery taxes in certain areas.
Spanberger’s tax increases are part of broader efforts to expand Virginia’s sales tax base from goods to services, thus raising compliance costs, operating expenses, and prices for small businesses and their customers.
HB243 increases taxes on large employers, proposing a tax equal to 100% of qualified employee benefits for large employers
Regional sales tax increases and delivery taxes in certain areas.
While not all of the bills have passed or reached her desk, Spanberger’s intent is clear: she wants to tax residents and businesses into oblivion.
West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey (R) sees Spanberger’s overreach as a prime opportunity to woo VA-based businesses across state lines, saying his state is “open for business.”
“We’re going to be spending some time in Loudoun County and all across Virginia on making the pitch and the comparison of the direction that West Virginia is moving in [and] the direction Virginia is going in,” Morrisey told Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the announcement of a new 275-acre commercial tax district he said will bring $200 million in economic investment to the three-county Eastern Panhandle region.
“The backyard brawl for our state’s future is being won both at the kitchen table and in the marketplace,” Morrisey said, noting that the Tabler Station project he unveiled is just one of many similar plans-in-action around the state.
The area is home to West Virginia’s nationally-prevalent apple industry — to the point the local high school team is the “Musselman Applemen.” The area also boasts major industrial plants including a major Clorox facility that is advertising job openings to passersby on Interstate 81.
“While Virginia chooses to burden its citizens and job creators with higher taxes, West Virginia is choosing freedom, fiscal responsibility, and a tax climate that makes our state more competitive for business than our neighbor.”
The economy continues growing in West Virginia.
Governor Morrisey just announced a new $25 million investment from Sandvik and Alpha Metallurgical Resources will create at least 120 jobs and strengthen America’s industrial supply chain right here in the Mountain State.
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— Governor Patrick Morrisey (@wvgovernor) May 14, 2026
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