

CNN has not independently verified the content of the videos. The Post reported it had been alerted to the videos’ existence by a Republican operative. Those videos were recorded and then archived on another site. Gibson, a 40-year-old mother of two young children, and her husband, a lawyer, reportedly streamed sex acts in exchange for “tips” on a livestreaming pornographic website. Glenn Youngkin can enact conservative policies, including a 15-week abortion ban, amid speculation about his potential late entry into the 2024 GOP presidential race. The outcome of this year’s legislative races could determine whether Republican Gov. It’s one of seven competitive state House districts, according to the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project.ĭemocrats, meanwhile, are defending a 22-18 state Senate majority.

Susanna Gibson, a nurse practitioner, faces Republican David Owen, a retired home builder, in the 57th District, a suburban Richmond seat that is key to Democratic hopes of upending the 50-46 GOP majority in November’s elections. The existence of the sexually explicit videos, first reported by The Washington Post on Monday, has injected a highly sensitive issue into one of the most competitive races in this fall’s battle for control of the Virginia General Assembly.

The Democratic candidate in a competitive Virginia House district denounced reports that she and her husband had performed sexual acts on a pornographic livestreaming website, describing the sharing of those videos as “the worst gutter politics.”
