With a little less than a month until the Virginia gubernatorial contest, Democratic former Rep. Abigail Spanberger has opened up a lead in the polls over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, providing some breathing room for her beleaguered party.

According to a Sept. 25-29 survey from The Washington Post and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, Spanberger has a clear and decisive double-digit lead over her Republican opponent.

According to the poll, Spanberger holds a 12-point edge among likely voters and a 13-point lead among registered voters.

Other recent surveys show a closer contest, and polls in Virginia do not close until Nov. 4. But surveys over the past few months have shown Earle-Sears trailing.

You don’t need to be a political handicapper — I’m no longer one — to know that the Commonwealth of Virginia’s next governor will be Spanberger.

The two other statewide races on the ballot next month — for lieutenant governor and attorney general — show Democrats holding very narrow leads, margins so small that those contests are toss-ups. 

Still, the fact that Jason Miyares,........

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