Share Source: Kate Magee Joyce/Youngkin for Governor Campaign via AP Conservative political outsider Glenn Youngkin was declared the winner of Virginia’s GOP gubernatorial primary, with the race called on Monday night. Youngkin defeated a field of candidates in the state’s rank-choice style voting system after multiple rounds. Other contenders included political outsider Pete Snyder, former Delegate Kirk Cox, state Senator Amanda Chase, and Sergio de la Peña. ELECTIONS DAILY PROJECTION: Elections Daily can now project that Glenn Youngkin, the former Carlyle Group CEO and political outsider, has won the Virginia GOP nomination for Governor. Many believed that the Convention would end Youngkin. That did not end up being the case.— Elections Daily (@Elections_Daily) May 11, 2021