Virginia Republicans Pick Radio Host To Run Alongside Winsome Sears In Race To Replace Youngkin

RICHMOND, Va. – Conservative Richmond power big John Reid will beryllium nan Republican nominee for Virginia's lieutenant governorship, aft moving unopposed successful Tuesday's statewide superior election.

Reid was nan only man near aft Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity – nan uncommon Republican officeholder successful nan vote-rich but heavy Democratic Washington, D.C. metro -- bowed retired of nan title past period citing wellness reasons.

Reid has been a well-known Republican sound successful cardinal Virginia, antecedently serving connected nan Henrico County Republican Committee, arsenic a delegate to nan RNC successful 2024 and arsenic a apical staffer to erstwhile Sen. George Allen, R-Va.

Reid will subordinate existent Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears connected nan Republican summons this fall, while Attorney General Jason Miyares joins them excessively successful moving for re-election.

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Virginia LG campaigner John Reid, left, and gubernatorial campaigner Winsome Sears, right (John Reid for Lieutenant Governor)

Reid has centered his run connected a unity connection to "grow" nan GOP successful a authorities wherever nan governmental disagreement is numerically narrow, but marked successful that Democrats are often nan favored statement successful statewide elections.

The first constituent of his run connection connected his website centered astir acquisition versus "indoctrination."

"His attraction is connected ensuring that our educational strategy imparts knowledge and captious reasoning skills, not governmental bias, preparing students for occurrence successful a divers world alternatively of creating extremist activists," publication a statement connected his website.

On nan basking taxable of immigration, Reid’s run said nan campaigner is "dedicated to enforcing migration laws, not allowing localities to disregard them."

His run besides objected to "obliterating" U.S. practice by conserving landmarks.

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Reid’s run did tally into a short-lived controversy erstwhile nan erstwhile pundit – nan first openly cheery man to tally statewide successful Virginia – was subjected to lewd photos of himself being posted online. Reid denied immoderate relationship pinch nan Tumblr relationship successful question, but nan contention led immoderate Republicans to concisely telephone for him to driblet out.

Reid, Earle-Sears and respective apical Virginia Republicans converged connected Richmond Tuesday nighttime to observe nan superior winners crossed nan board, including successful nan General Assembly’s little chamber.

Democrats presently clasp a two-seat mostly successful nan 51-49 Virginia House of Delegates, wherever Republicans dream to make nan constrictive gains basal to return power successful November.

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Republicans look a reliable roadworthy successful that respect, and are defending respective seats, peculiarly on nan Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike corridor that were won by erstwhile President Joe Biden, erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris – aliases both.

One specified personnel is Del. Kim Taylor, R-Petersburg, who flipped a "Biden+12" territory successful 2023 successful what is nan commonwealth’s most-Democratic municipality per-capita.

Dels. David Owen, R-Goochland, Carrie Coyner, R-Hopewell, and Amanda Batten, R-Williamsburg, each clasp seats successful Democrat-friendly territory.

Miyares is moving unopposed successful Tuesday’s lawyer wide primary, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin is term-limited.