Winsome Sears wins GOP nomination for Virginia Lieutenant Governor race
The former delegate led among the candidates in all five rounds
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RICHMOND, Va. – Winsome Sears has won the Virginia GOP Lieutenant Governor nomination for November’s ballot.
The former Virginia delegate led among a field six candidates all vying for the Republican nomination for Lt. Governor in the first round of ballot counting.
Following the first round, Sears was in the lead with 32% of the vote with Del. Tim Hugo close behind with 23%. By the time the fourth round ended, Sears led with 43% of the votes with Hugo trailing at 30%. She ended up winning with 54%.
GOP Nomination For Lieutenant Governor
(Richmond)- Winsome Sears is the Republican choice for Virginia’s lieutenant governor. Ballot counting concluded in Richmond yesterday from the GOP convention. If she is elected, she would become the first Black woman in the state to win a statewide race. Election Day is set for November 2nd.
May 12, 2021
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) Former Del. Winsome Sears, who 20 years ago became the first Black Republican woman elected to the Virginia Assembly, made a political comeback Tuesday after winning the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor.
Sears beat five other candidates, including two former Del. Tim Hugo from Fairfax County and Virginia Beach Del. Glenn Davis who were far more active in recent GOP politics.
“Winsome Sears is the strong, principled leader Virginia needs to serve as our next Lieutenant Governor. As a mother and a former Marine, she built her own successful small business,” said Senate Republican Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. R-James City, and his fellow Senate leaders in a joint statement Tuesday night. “Winsome made history when she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. Now, she is poised to make history again.”
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Behind the scenes ballots: Va. GOP pick their nominees
Winsome Sears, an âunapologeticâ conservative who was the first Black Republican woman elected to the Virginia General Assembly, captured the partyâs nomination for lieutenant governor Tuesday night, outlasting former Del. Tim Hugo of Fairfax County in a fifth round of ballot counting from Saturdayâs state GOP convention.
Sears, who emigrated from Jamaica at age 6, joins Del. Jason Miyares, a Cuban American who is running for attorney general, on a GOP ticket headed by Glenn Youngkin, the partyâs nominee for governor.
Sears, 57, who served one term in the House of Delegates from 2002-2004, is seeking an achievement that is exceedingly rare, if not unprecedented in modern Virginia politics â a return to elective office after an absence of 18 years.