Morning Digest: One big move just upended two big Virginia races

_{The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.}

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● VA-Gov, VA-LG, VA-AG: Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Tuesday that he was ending his campaign for governor of Virginia and would instead seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, a development that has major implications for both contests.

Stoney's move leaves Rep. Abigail Spanberger as the only major Democrat running to succeed Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who is prohibited from seeking a second consecutive term. Without mentioning his opponent by name, Stoney acknowledged in a statement that he had only a "narrow path" to victory against the congresswoman.