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A businessman beat a 30-year political veteran and a Donald Trump acolyte to cinch the win under a new rank choice voting system in an election involving fewer than 30,000 votes. Glenn Youngkin makes his closing remarks during a GOP gubernatorial candidate forum hosted by the College Republicans in Lynchburg, Va., on April 19. (Kendall Warner/The New & Advance via AP, File) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Virginia Republicans have selected two of their candidates for the first post-Trump statewide election with businessman Glenn Youngkin securing the top of the party’s 2021 ticket Monday night. “...

  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 o...

Seven people hoping to be the Republican nominee for governor are making their final cases to delegates ahead of an unassembled convention on Saturday.

Cruz backs Glenn Youngkin in Virginia GOP gubernatorial primary Julia Manchester © Greg Nash Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) formally threw his support behind Republican Glenn Youngkin in the Virginia gubernatorial race less than a week before the commonwealth's GOP convention. "Glenn is the best chance Republicans have of winning in Virginia this year," Cruz said in a video message released on Sunday. The Texas senator referred to Youngkin as a political outsider in the video, highlighting the Republican's past work in the business sector as a private equit...

Those who choose to vote early in-person must do so by 5 p.m. on June 5. State law permits open primary elections, which means voters do not have to be registered with a party to submit a ballot. However, because the Democratic and Republican primaries are being held the same day, the law permits people to vote in only one of the elections. Each party will have a separate ballot for the primary. The Democratic ballot will list candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, the House of Delegates and local offices. Meanwhile, the Republican ballot will list only the candidates...