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Businessperson Glenn Youngkin, a first-time candidate, will be the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia.
Glenn Youngkin, a former CEO at the private-equity firm Carlyle Group, emerged as the the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia after a full day of tabulation of ranked-choice ballots.
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Businessperson Glenn Youngkin won the Republican nomination for governor in Virginia, emerging from a crowded field to claim the GOP mantle for one of the most closely watched races of 2021.
Youngkin defeated fellow businessperson Pete Snyder in the sixth and final round of a ranked-choice tabulation that took most of the day on Monday, 55 percent to 45 percent, though Snyder conceded before counting concluded. Virginia Republicans eschewed holding a state-run primary and instead opted for what organizers described as an “unassembled convention,” with about 30,000 pre-registered Republicans voting at nearly 40 sites across the commonwealth on Saturday.