Traci DeShazor, a Danville native regarded as a familiar leader in Richmond and Virginia government, has been appointed Virginia’s secretary of administration by Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger. She will supervise the fundamental but often overlooked tasks that keep the state’s government running efficiently.

During a tense Virginia gubernatorial debate, Democrat Abigail Spanberger repeatedly declined to address questions regarding Jay Jones’s endorsement. Despite Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’s emotional plea for Spanberger to call for Jones’s withdrawal, the congresswoman offered no direct response.