Shaun Brown

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Shaun Brown

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November 6, 2018

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Shaun Brown (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. She was disqualified from the general election scheduled on November 6, 2018.

A judge removed Brown from the ballot on September 5, 2018, citing dozens of fraudulent signatures on her petitions. The Virginia Supreme Court denied Brown's appeal.

Elections

2018

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

General election

General election for U.S. House Virginia District 2

Elaine Luria defeated incumbent Scott Taylor in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elaine Luria (D)	51.1	139,571
		Scott Taylor (R)	48.8	133,458
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	371

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 273,400
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Shaun Brown (Independent)
• Padraig-Eoin Dalrymple (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 2

Elaine Luria defeated Karen Mallard in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 2 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elaine Luria	62.3	17,552
		Karen Mallard	37.7	10,610

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 28,162
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ernest Porter (D)
• David Nygaard (D)
• Garry Hubbard (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 2

Incumbent Scott Taylor defeated Mary Jones in the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 2 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Taylor	76.0	28,515
		Mary Jones	24.0	8,982

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 37,497
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2016

See also: Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Scott Rigell (R) did not seek re-election in 2016. Scott Taylor (R) defeated Shaun Brown (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Taylor defeated District 4 incumbent Randy Forbes and Pat Cardwell in the Republican primary on June 14, 2016. Forbes chose to seek re-election to the open 2nd District after redistricting flipped his district from safely Republican to a safely Democratic seat.

U.S. House, Virginia District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Scott Taylor	61.3%	190,475
	Democratic	Shaun Brown	38.5%	119,440
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	652
Total Votes				310,567
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

U.S. House, Virginia District 2 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Scott Taylor	52.6%	21,406
Randy Forbes Incumbent	40.6%	16,552
Pat Cardwell	6.8%	2,773
Total Votes		40,731
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

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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

James Walkinshaw (D)

Democratic Party (8)

Republican Party (5)