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Virginia's 1st Congressional District
Coverage of Virginia's 1st Congressional District in the Nexus archive.
- Dems select their candidate to face longtime GOP lawmaker who balked at Virginia redistricting
Shannon Taylor won the Democratic primary in Virginia's 1st Congressional District, setting up a November race against Republican Rep. Rob Wittman. The redistricting map proposed by Democrats was struck down, leaving the district as a lean Republican area. The primary featured seven candidates.
- Dems select their candidate to face longtime GOP lawmaker who balked at Virginia redistricting
Shannon Taylor won the Democratic primary in Virginia's 1st Congressional District, setting up a November election against Republican Rep. Rob Wittman. The district remains 'lean Republican' despite Democratic efforts to redraw congressional maps, which were struck down before this year's election.