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Glenn Youngkin becomes Republican Gubernatorial Nominee Republican Gubernatorial_WVIR By Daniel Grimes | May 10, 2021 at 10:03 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 10:26 PM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -With Glenn Youngkin now officially the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Republicans say they’re hopeful and history is on their side. Bob McDonnell, the last Republican to hold the governor’s seat, won in 2009 after Democrats won control of all levers of power in Washington. With Democrats again in control at the national level, Republicans say this is their year to win Virginia. The pr...

HAVE you got an old air raid shelter hidden away somewhere in your garden? A rusty old Anderson shelter made of corrugated iron - or an overgrown brick shelter that you now use as a garden shed. There are more of them about than you might think. And the people of York have been busy taking selfies of them for a project to record the long-lasting impact of the wartime air-raids on York. The Raids Over York project started on 11 August 2020 - the 80th anniversary of the first raid on the city, which saw York Cemetery and the Fishergate area hit by high explosive bombs.

March said the governor’s race would be counted second, followed by the lieutenant governor’s race. Officials have warned it may take multiple days to finish the counting, which was complicated by the ranked-choice voting method used, as well as a proportional representation system awarded each city and county. The GOP opted, after a bitter, drawn-out fight, to hold what it called an unassembled convention on Saturday. Because pandemic restrictions ban mass gatherings, delegates cast ballots Saturday at nearly 40 polling sites statewide. Miyares won out against three other candidates: Les...

Del. Jason Miyares wins Virginia GOP Attorney General nomination as vote-counting continues Miyares will face either Del. Jay Jones or incumbent Mark Herring Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  RICHMOND, Va. – The Republican Party of Virginia announced late Sunday that state Del. Jason Miyares has won its nomination for attorney general, as the party works to tabulate the votes for several state offices cast by tens of thousands of Virginia Republicans. Hand-counting of the ballots began earlier Sunday with several dozen people managing the effort, which started with the attorney general co...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Republican Party of Virginia has begun counting votes from its convention, announcing its nominee for attorney general late Sunday. State Del. Jason Miyares won the race against three other candidates. John March is a spokesperson for the party. He says the several dozen people managing the hand-counting effort began their work Sunday afternoon. Next, they’ll count votes for the governor’s race, followed by the lieutenant governor’s race. The party used ranked-choice voting and a proportional representation system that makes counting a more complicated endeavo...