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Virginia Republicans choose first GOP black woman elected to state legislature as lieutenant governor nominee
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Virginia Republicans have chosen conservative Winsome Sears Tuesday, the first black Republican woman elected to the Virginia General Assembly, as their nominee for lieutenant governor.
Sears, 57, competed against five other Republican candidates at Saturday’s nominating convention and ultimately defeated former Del. Tim Hugo of Fairfax County by a 9 percentage point margin after five rounds of tallying ballots.
“This afternoon, on my drive into Richmond, I passed the First African Baptist Church a place of worship organized by freedmen and slaves where, in 1865, the first-ever Republican State Convention was hosted,” Sears said in a statement. “Now, today, as the first Republican since 1865 to represent a Majority Black District, I am honored to accept the nomination to be Li ....

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