Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, is setting a punishing pace for potential opponents in the race for governor next year, as Virginia Democrats look beyond the impending president election and the battle for control of Congress in November to statewide races in 2025.

Spanberger, who decided not to run for a fourth term in the 7th Congressional District, has raised more than $7 million, with almost $5.4 million in the bank, against a field of candidates that has yet to approach the starting gate.

Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.