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It took until Monday night, more than 48 hours after the GOP’s jerry-built, 39-site, mostly drive-up Virginia “convention” ended, but former Carlyle CEO Glenn Youngkin, a Donald Trump loyalist, will be the state’s GOP nominee for governor. The only candidate to acknowledge that Joe Biden won the presidency, former House speaker Kirk Cox, was the first of the four major candidates to be eliminated as the ranked-choice votes were hand-tallied hand-tallied because some candidates didn’t trust the vote-counting software the party proposed using.
News to Know for May 7: Deadly shooting arrest; COVID restrictions lifting; Unemployment claims at pandemic low; Showers likely
News to Know for May 7 By Kate Albright | May 7, 2021 at 6:34 AM EDT - Updated May 7 at 7:16 AM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Hereâs a quick look at our top stories before you start your Friday.
Showers Likely Today
A pleasant Motherâs Day weekend follows before more showers Monday.
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Kevon Bynum, 18, is now in custody after being wanted for conspiracy to commit murder in connection to the shooting at The Belt Atlantic apartments in the 4000 block of Midlothian Turnpike on April 27.
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On Friday, the fundraising numbers came in for Virginia s statewide candidate races. Townhall was able to speak to the leaders in the Republican field for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general.
In addition to local and statewide news outlets, the fundraising numbers have gotten media attention from The Washington Post as well.
Chris Saxman also provided commentary on the numbers for Bearing Drift, emphasizing first and foremost that Cash On Hand (COH) Cash is King. Deal with it. He also stressed the importance of looking at a data set to do with the number of Donors under $100. Outside public polling, this is the only objective piece of information that shows popularity of the candidate. If someone will send you money, they will vote for you, which he said, with original emphasis does NOT translate over to large donors.