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Business leader and political outsider Glenn Youngkin secured the Republican nomination for governor of Virginia. Youngkin will carry the Republican Party banner across the commonwealth as the Republican candidate for governor on the Nov. 2 ballot. Youngkin joins Attorney General nominee Jason Miyares on the ticket, and will soon be joined by a candidate for lieutenant governor. Youngkin is a homegrown Virginian who grew up in Richmond and Virginia Beach. As his father changed jobs, Glenn learned that moving around didnât equal moving up â nothing was handed to him. From his first job washing dishes and frying eggs at a diner in Virginia Beach, Glenn embraced hard work and personal responsibility to help sustain his family when his father lost his job. His determination to succeed earned him multiple high school basketball honors in Virginia and an athletic scholarship to college. ....
Virginia Del. Jason Miyares wins Republican nomination for state attorney general Laura Vozzella, Justin Jouvenal RICHMOND A state legislator and son of a Cuban immigrant running on a tough-on-crime platform won the Republican nomination for Virginia attorney general Sunday, in the first results of the statewide convention that will also decide the nominee for governor. Virginia Del. Jason S. Miyares (R-Virginia Beach) bested three other candidates in the “unassembled” convention, in which about 30,000 Republicans cast ranked-choice ballots at 39 locations across the state on Saturday. In November, he will face the winner of the Democrats’ June 8 primary. Attorney General Mark Herring (D), seeking a third term, faces a challenge for the nomination from Del. Jay Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones (D-Norfolk). ....
Political newcomer Youngkin wins Virginia GOP governor race MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 15 1of15Gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin works the line of cars as the Virginia GOP holds a drive-thru primary to select candidates for the 2021 general election, Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Annandale, Va. (Bill O Leary/The Washington Post via AP)Bill O Leary/APShow MoreShow Less 2of15Observers from different candidates, right, closely watch tellers begin counting ballots for Virginia s Republican gubernatorial nominee race inside a ballroom at the Marriott Hotel in Richmond, Va., Monday, May 10, 2021. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)Bob Brown/APShow MoreShow Less 3of15 4of15Tellers begin counting ballots for Virginia s Republican gubernatorial nominee race inside a ballroom at the Marriott Hotel in Richmond, Va., Monday, May 10, 2021. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)Bob Brown/APShow MoreShow Less ....
NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Cox, Chase eliminated from GOP nomination for governor. Chase wants full audit of votes. Cox calls nominee a good and honorable man who has my full and unwavering support. Chase has not yet publicly commented on the outcome. The Progress-Index For the majority of the campaign up to last weekend s convention, either former House Speaker Kirk Cox or state Sen. Amanda Chase were considered the frontrunners for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. So much for frontrunner status. Cox was eliminated after four rounds of ballot counting Monday, and Chase followed him to the exit in the next round. ....
Political newcomer Youngkin wins Virginia GOP governor race By MATTHEW BARAKATMay 11, 2021 GMT FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) Glenn Youngkin, a political newcomer who campaigned as a conservative, Christian outsider, bested a field of seven candidates to emerge as Virginia Republicans’ nominee for governor, in a year when the GOP hopes to end a 12-year losing streak in statewide races. Youngkin defeated a hard-right contender in state Sen. Amanda Chase, who closely aligned herself with former President Donald Trump, as well as an establishment candidate, former House Speaker Kirk Cox, who had more than 30 years’ experience in government as well as the endorsements of former governors George Allen and Bob McDonnell. ....