“Barbara Comstock has worked to strip health care from millions of Americans, proudly touts her A rating from the NRA, and is so out of touch with this district that she hides from her constituents and has never held a single town hall,” Wexton said. Wexton, after her victory, came out with a statement immediately attacking Comstock’s links to the National Rifle Association. (The second- and third-place finishers were also women.)Ĭomstock fended off a challenge on her right from former Air Force veteran Shak Hill. Ralph Northam, won her primary with relative ease in a crowded six-candidate field in which several candidates matched or exceeded her fundraising. Wexton, a state senator from Loudoun County who had the endorsement of Gov. In northern Virginia, a key battleground in Democrats’ campaign to take control of the House of Representatives was set after Democrat Jennifer Wexton won the right to take on two-term GOP incumbent Barbara Comstock. I think she will energize that voting bloc,” he said. To defeat Dave Brat, I think we need to energize the voters, particularly the female voters. “To be honest with you, I voted for her because she is a woman. Robert Monroe, 53, a video producer from Glen Allen, Virginia, said he voted for Abigail Spanberger in the 7th Congressional District because he believes she has a better chance of defeating Republican U.S.

In every Democratic primary where a woman was on the ballot in Virginia, a woman won the nomination. Women roared to victories Tuesday in Democratic primaries across Virginia on Tuesday, falling in line with what has been a national trend.

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