Paul Pelletier

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Paul Pelletier

Democratic Party

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Last election

June 12, 2018

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Paul Pelletier (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Virginia's 10th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 12, 2018.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee included Virginia's 10th in its list of battleground districts for 2018. Although incumbent Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) won her re-election bid in 2016 by six points, this swing district backed Hillary Clinton (D) over Donald Trump (R) in the 2016 presidential election by 10 points.

Biography

Pelletier is a federal prosecutor who worked on complex financial fraud, domestic and international corruption, drug trafficking, and health care fraud cases. He also teaches as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

Elections

2018

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Virginia District 10

Jennifer Wexton defeated incumbent Barbara Comstock in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 10 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Wexton (D)	56.1	206,356
		Barbara Comstock (R)	43.7	160,841
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	598

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 367,795
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nathan Larson (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 10

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 10 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Wexton	41.9	22,405
		Alison Kiehl Friedman	23.0	12,283
		Lindsey Davis Stover	16.0	8,567
		Dan Helmer	12.5	6,712
		Paul Pelletier	3.8	2,010
		Julia Biggins	2.8	1,513

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 53,490
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Pomerleano (D)
• Shadi Ayyas (D)
• Julien Modica (D)
• Kimberly Adams (D)
• Deep Sran (D)
• David Hanson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 10

Incumbent Barbara Comstock defeated Shak Hill in the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 10 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Comstock	60.7	28,287
		Shak Hill	39.3	18,311

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• United States House of Representatives
• Virginia's 10th Congressional District election, 2018
• Virginia's 10th Congressional District

Footnotes

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Virginia's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tim Kaine (D)

Mark Warner (D)

Representatives

District 1

Rob Wittman (R)

District 2

Jennifer Kiggans (R)

District 3

Bobby Scott (D)

District 4

Jennifer McClellan (D)

District 5

John McGuire (R)

District 6

Benjamin Lee Cline (R)

District 7

Eugene Vindman (D)

District 8

Donald Sternoff Beyer (D)

District 9

H. Morgan Griffith (R)

District 10

Suhas Subramanyam (D)

District 11

Vacant

Democratic Party (7)

Republican Party (5)

Vacancies (1)