Republicans in three Congressional districts will choose their candidate for Congress this Saturday, May 21st. Two are using party-run conventions (5th and 8th districts) and one (10th district) is using an open Firehouse primary (also called a canvass) with ranked-choice voting.
From WRIC.com:
“Rep. Bob Good is being challenged by Dan Moy, Charlottesville�s Republican Committee chairman, to represent the 5th District in November. Rep. Good won the seat after defeating former Rep. Denver Riggleman in a party-run, drive-thru convention in 2020.
The GOP convention for the 5th District will be held May 21 at 10 a.m. at the Kirby Field House at Hampden-Sydney College. The winner will face off with Democrat Josh Throneburg in the midterms.
There are five GOP candidates for the 8th Congressional District convention, which starts at 9 a.m. on May 21 and will take place at the Waterford Events Center in Springfield. Learn more here.
The 10th District will have a firehouse primary from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 21 using ranked-choice voting to see who will try to unseat Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.). There are 11 candidates in the firehouse primary, and multiple locations where voters can register and vote.
Ranked-choice voting was used for the statewide Republican conventions last year where Gov. Glenn Youngkin won the nomination.
The winner will have to receive a majority of the vote, with registered delegates ranking their choices. If no candidate gets a majority during the first round of vote tallying, the candidate with the lowest percentage is eliminated. The vote counting continues with delegates� second choices included in the new tally until one candidate wins a majority.“
Information on Congressional primaries on June 21st and Congressional districts where the mid-term candidates have already been set here.
