Spanberger and Sherril show the way.

[Celerity]

20. When a candidate runs for office, their past votes and/or stances are looked at by the voters. The votes and/or stances

are part of what makes up they way a voter will likely see them as governing in the office they are running for.

I also think, more importantly, that Spanberger and Mamdani have MANY areas of agreement as well, core Democratic (and democratic) values that are vital to making them both great candidates regardless of type of area they are representing.

They both (as did Mikie Sherrill in NJ and most all other Dems running across the nation) had a winning message at the core of their campaigns: 'I truly care about making American life more affordable for ALL the people in my city (or state)'.

That message and its commonality is what I am choosing to focus on.