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'Thank You, Jesus': Winsome Sears Focuses on Faith after Making History as Virginia's First Black, Female Lieutenant Governor

Tré Goins-Phillips : Nov 4, 2021  Faithwire.com

"...We ran an impossible, improbable campaign. … God was exactly with us, otherwise we would never have made it. And so I want to finish up by thanking You, Jesus. How sweet it is!" -Lt. Gov-elect Winsome Sears

[Faithwire.com] While all eyes were on the two men at the top of the ticket in Virginia—Republican Glenn Youngkin and Democrat Terry McAuliffe—one woman was making history. (Screengrab image)

Winsome Sears, the lieutenant governor-elect of Virginia, burst onto the stage in the wee hours of the morning Wednesday to celebrate her victory alongside Governor-elect Youngkin, telling those at the election night watch party in Chantilly, Virginia, that she is living "the American dream."

The US Marine Corps veteran said she was "at a loss for words for the first time in my life," but nevertheless gave credit to God for her historic win as the commonwealth's first female and first black American to win the lieutenant governorship.

"God bless you," she told the rowdy crowd at the end of her speech, thanking her "ragtag" staff for their tireless efforts. "We ran an impossible, improbable campaign ... God was exactly with us, otherwise we would never have made it. And so I want to finish up by thanking You, Jesus. How sweet it is!"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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