Earle-Sears currently serves as the state’s lieutenant governor. Spanberger, a former CIA intelligence officer and Congressional representative, called the bill “catastrophic” and accused the lieutenant governor of ignoring the bill’s impacts in Virginia. The forum, hosted by disability advocacy nonprofit Arc of Virginia and other groups, marked the first and possibly only time during the campaign that all six candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general appeared at the same event. The lieutenant governor noted that the total came across 14 years —“that’s how they came up with such a large number,” Earle-Sears said. The candidates for attorney general are set to meet in a Oct. 16 debate hosted by the Virginia State Bar.