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United States House elections in Virginia, 2020 (June 23 Republican primaries)
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The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Virginia took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected 11 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. This page focuses on the Republican primaries that took place in Virginia on June 23, 2020.
In Virginia, political parties decide for themselves whether to nominate their candidates via primary or convention. Six districts held Republican Party conventions. In the 8th District, a Republican Party convention was scheduled for May 30, 2020.[1] In the 5th District, a Republican Party convention was scheduled for June 13, 2020.[2] In the 10th and 11th Districts, Republican Party conventions were scheduled for June 20, 2020.[3][4] In the 4th District, a Republican Party convention was scheduled for June 27, 2020.[5] In the 7th District, a Republican Party convention was scheduled for July 18, 2020.[6]
Virginia's 4th, 5th, 7th, 10th, and 11th District Republican Committees voted to change the date of their conventions due to concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. The District 4, 5, and 7 conventions were originally scheduled for April 25, 2020, and the District 10 and 11 conventions were scheduled for May 30, 2020.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Click here for more information about the Democratic primaries.
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Virginia utilizes an open primary process in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[15][16]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Candidates
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District 1
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Robert J. Wittman (Incumbent) ✔
District 2
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 3
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 4
Republican convention candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 5
Republican convention candidates
- Denver Lee Riggleman III (Incumbent)
- Bob Good ✔
District 6
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Benjamin Lee Cline (Incumbent) ✔
District 7
Republican convention candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 8
Republican convention candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 9
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- H. Morgan Griffith (Incumbent) ✔
District 10
Republican convention candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 11
Republican convention candidates
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Five of 133 Virginia counties—3.8 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Buckingham County, Virginia | 11.28% | 2.43% | 0.87% | ||||
| Caroline County, Virginia | 5.02% | 8.24% | 11.97% | ||||
| Essex County, Virginia | 2.14% | 7.30% | 10.35% | ||||
| Nelson County, Virginia | 5.59% | 2.72% | 9.15% | ||||
| Westmoreland County, Virginia | 7.14% | 6.95% | 10.24% | ||||
Note: Although it is highlighted in the map above, the city of Chesapeake is not considered a county and not included in our calculations as such.
In the 2016 presidential election, Virginia was a battleground state. Hillary Clinton (D) won Virginia with 49.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 44.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic three times (2008, 2012, and 2016) and Republican two times (2000 and 2004).
See also
- United States House elections in Virginia, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primaries)
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
- United States House elections in Virginia (June 12, 2018 Republican primaries)
- United States House elections in Virginia (June 12, 2018 Democratic primaries)
Footnotes
- ↑ Virginia GOP, "Official Call: District Convention of the 8th Congressional District of the Republican Party of Virginia," accessed April 6, 2020
- ↑ The Roanoke Times, "Republicans set convention date to settle bitter battle between Rep. Denver Riggleman and Bob Good," May 12, 2020
- ↑ Virginia GOP, "Amended Call: District Convention of the Tenth Congressional District of the Republican Party of Virginia," accessed May 18, 2020
- ↑ Facebook, "VA 11th Congressional District Republicans on May 27, 2020," accessed June 1, 2020
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Congressional pre-election reporting dates (2020)," accessed May 20, 2020
- ↑ Richmon Times-Dispatch, "Republicans to decide Spanberger challenger at July 18 convention," May 14, 2020
- ↑ Virginia GOP, "Official Call: District Convention of the 4th Congressional District of the Republican Party of Virginia," accessed April 6, 2020
- ↑ Blue Virginia, "Virginia’s 7th District GOP Committee Votes to Change Convention Call From 4/25 to “To Be Determined”; Also Votes to Proceed with Lawsuit Re: Gov. Northam’s Ban on Gatherings of 10+ People," April 5, 2020
- ↑ The Roanoke Times, "Republicans postpone convention contest between Rep. Denver Riggleman, Bob Good," April 13, 2020
- ↑ Virginia GOP, "Fifth Congressional District Republican Party Official 2020 Convention Call," accessed April 6, 2020
- ↑ Virginia GOP, "Official Call: District Convention of the Seventh Congressional District of the Republican Party of Virginia," accessed April 6, 2020
- ↑ Marielle Bricker, "Email communication with Carey Allen, 4th Congressional District Republican Chairman," April 24, 2020
- ↑ Virginia GOP, "Official Call: District Convention of the Tenth Congressional District of the Republican Party of Virginia," accessed April 6, 2020
- ↑ Virginia GOP, "Official Call: District Convention of the 11th Congressional District of the Republican Party of Virginia," accessed April 6, 2020
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 7, 2024
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections,"Casting a Ballot," accessed October 7, 2024
