The Republican Party of Virginia s State Convention vote in Chesterfield and Colonial Heights
Del. Jason Miyares, R-Virginia Beach, will represent the GOP in the contest to become Virginiaâs next attorney general â narrowly defeating former Virginia Beach GOP chair Chuck Smith Sunday night in a third round of vote counting from the partyâs state convention.
Chesterfield Supervisor Leslie Haley fell off the ballot in the first round, followed in the second round by Jack White, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and a partner at a Tysons Corner law firm.
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Haleyâs fate was decided on her home turf: While she carried Chesterfield, her support by delegates in the county where she practices law and has served as a supervisor since 2016 did not overwhelm her rivals. Miyares claimed wins in Henrico and Hanover counties and in the city of Richmond.
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10 May 2021
The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) began tallying votes for its gubernatorial candidates through a complicated ranked-choice and weighted method on Monday morning, more than a full day and a half after polls closed Saturday.
The candidates all expected the counting to take days, and while reports from campaigns and on-site media indicate the process is secure, the wait for the results underscores the unprecedented decisions the state party made for its elections this year.
Faced with heightened scrutiny following a 2020 general election rife with accusations of fraud and unable to hold a one-site convention event because of coronavirus restrictions, the RPV opted for an “unassembled” convention with a tedious ballot-counting process.
Del. Glenn Davis – Photo: Facebook.
A Republican running to be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor has filed a lawsuit to find out who sent a homophobic robotext referring to him as “a gay Democrat” to delegates ahead of the Virginia GOP’s nominating convention on Saturday, May 8.
The lawsuit, filed by Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach) in Norfolk Circuit court, seeks $100,000 in nominal and compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against an unknown defendant, labeled “Jane Doe,” for defamation.
The lawsuit also identifies the registered user of the phone number from which the text was sent, a Minnesota-based telecommunications company called Onvoy, and asks the court to force Onvoy to reveal who paid for the robotexts.