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Meredith Conroy

If Vega does win the GOP nomination in Virginia’s 7th District, that would make tonight a relatively good night for Republican women, who, as I mentioned earlier, have struggled in primaries thus far. Vega is a law enforcement officer and would challenge incumbent Democratic Abigail Spanberger who is a former operations officer in the CIA.

How Republican women are doing tonight

Women running for Senate, House and governor and their results in Republican primaries in Virginia and runoffs in Alabama, as of 8:34 p.m. Eastern

Candidate Office % Reporting Vote Share Status
Katie Britt AL Sen. 0% 64.9% Leading
Jen A. Kiggans VA-02 92 55.7 ✓ Won
Yesli I. Vega VA-07 64 24.2 Trailing
Crystal L. Vanuch VA-07 64 18.4 Trailing
Gina R. Ciarcia VA-07 64 3.7 Trailing

*Incumbent.

Sources: Center for American Women and Politics, ABC News

Geoffrey Skelley

Yeah, Amelia, I’m interested to see the next batch of results from Prince William County in Virginia’s 7th District GOP primary. So far only about 10 percent of the expected vote is in from that county, which makes about a third of the district’s voters. If Vega can stay close to 40 percent there, that should give her an edge over her opponents — she’s at 39 percent right now in her home county, where she’s a member of the board of supervisors.

Jacob Rubashkin

Heh. I guess not, Kaleigh. But the whiplash is still notable, even after seven years!


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