VA Gov Sets Sept 9 Election To Replace Late Democrat

Roll Call reports:

The special election to complete the late Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly’s term will be held on Sept. 9, Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Tuesday. Youngkin’s announcement sets off a just over three-month sprint to succeed Connolly, who died last month weeks after announcing that his esophageal cancer had returned. Connolly was in his ninth term representing Virginia’s 11th District, a safely blue suburban seat.

The filing deadline for the September election is July 11. It is so far unclear how the party nominees will be chosen for the Sept. 11 special election. The last time Virginia had a special election for an open House seat — after the death of Richmond-area Democratic Rep. A. Donald McEachin — Democrats held a party-run contest, also known as a “firehouse” primary, to pick their nominee for the safely blue seat.

Read the full article. Three House Democrats have died in office so far this year.

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