2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election
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County and independent city results Forgit: 50–60% Wittman: 50–60% 60-70% 70-80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Virginia |
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After the death of
Candidates
Democratic
Democrats nominated Iraq War veteran and former teacher Philip Forgit over retired United States Navy Captain Ted Hontz by a 106–91 convention vote.[3] The Democratic convention was held in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not invest large amounts of money into the campaign,[4] opting instead to fund Robin Weirauch's campaign in a special congressional election in Ohio.[5]
Republican
After five ballots, Republicans chose State Delegate Rob Wittman as their nominee when Paul Jost withdrew before the sixth ballot could be announced.[6] The Republican convention was held at Caroline High School in Caroline County, Virginia. The Republican convention drew a wide variety of candidates, including former State Delegate Dick Black; former Republican Party official Jim Bowden; Sherwood Bowditch, the Director of the Virginia Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs; David Caprara, an activist; retired FBI agent David Corderman; Chuck Davis, the widower of late Congresswoman Davis; businessman Paul Jost, attorney Kevin O'Neill, and businessman Rob Quartel.
Independent
Lucky Narain, a former
General election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rob Wittman | 42,772 | 60.77 | |
Democratic | Philip Forgit | 26,282 | 37.34 | |
Independent
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Lucky R. Narain | 1,253 | 1.78 | |
Write-ins | 75 | 0.11 | ||
Total votes | 70,382 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
See also
References
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- ^ Wittman wins 1st Congressional District Election Archived 2007-12-12 at the Wayback Machine WVEC December 11, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007
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- ^ "PEOPLE". Daily Press. February 8, 2001. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ Payne, Kimball (November 29, 2007). "CANDIDATE TRUMPETS GOP VOW". Daily Press. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
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