Virginia Republicans pick radio host to run alongside Winsome Sears in race to replace Youngkin

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

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

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

Reid volition articulation existent Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears connected the Republican summons this fall, portion 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" the GOP successful a authorities wherever the governmental disagreement is numerically narrow, but marked successful that Democrats are often the favored enactment successful statewide elections.

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

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

On the blistery taxable of immigration, Reid’s run said the 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 the erstwhile pundit – the archetypal openly cheery antheral to tally statewide successful Virginia – was subjected to lewd photos of himself being posted online. Reid denied immoderate transportation with the Tumblr relationship successful question, but the 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 the superior winners crossed the board, including successful the General Assembly’s little chamber.

Democrats presently clasp a two-seat bulk successful the 51-49 Virginia House of Delegates, wherever Republicans anticipation to marque the constrictive gains indispensable to instrumentality power successful November.

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

One specified subordinate is Del. Kim Taylor, R-Petersburg, who flipped a "Biden+12" territory successful 2023 successful what is the 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.