Freshman Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Manassas) was defeated for re-nomination on Saturday, losing a unique “drive-through convention” that the 5th District Republican Party leaders contrived in response to COVID-19 precautions. In a mock convention nomination process that was conceived to favor him, even to the point of having the lone voting site at the candidate’s church, Campbell County Supervisor and Liberty University athletic official Bob Good won the party’s congressional nomination with a 58-42% margin among the 2,537 5th District GOP delegates casting their ballots.
Rep. Riggleman’s team says they are “considering their options” now that the vote has been cast, but it is unclear what they can do to overturn the result. One opening could be that Mr. Good missed the candidate filing deadline, but party officials are indicating that mistake is irrelevant. Mr. Good now advances into the general election against the winner of the June 23rd Democratic primary that features four candidates, all of whom have been active on the fundraising circuit. It is likely that this general election campaign could now become competitive. Mr. Riggleman is the third incumbent House member to lose re-nomination in this election cycle. He joins Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and Steve King (R-IA) as incumbents who failed to obtain their party’s backing for re-election. Comments are closed.
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