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2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election
County and independent city resultsForgit: 50–60%Wittman : 50–60% 60-70% 70-80% 80–90%
After the death of Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis on October 6, 2007, a special election was required to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the 110th United States Congress . Governor Tim Kaine announced that the election would occur on December 11, 2007. The Republican and Democratic candidates were selected by political conventions on November 10, 2007.[1] Rob Wittman was elected, defeating Democratic nominee Philip Forgit and independent candidate Lucky Narain.[2]
Candidates
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Democratic
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Democrats nominated Iraq War veteran and former teacher Philip Forgit over retired United States Navy Captain Ted Hontz by a 106–91 convention vote.[3] Williamsburg, Virginia . The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not invest large amounts of money into the campaign,[4] Robin Weirauch 's campaign in a special congressional election in Ohio .[5]
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After five ballots, Republicans chose State Delegate Rob Wittman as their nominee when Paul Jost withdrew before the sixth ballot could be announced.[6] Caroline County, Virginia . The Republican convention drew a wide variety of candidates, including former State Delegate Dick Black ; former Republican Party official Jim Bowden; Sherwood Bowditch, the Director of the Virginia Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs; David Caprara, an activist; retired FBI agent David Corderman; Chuck Davis, the widower of late Congresswoman Davis; businessman Paul Jost , attorney Kevin O'Neill, and businessman Rob Quartel.
Independent
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Lucky Narain, a former Peace Corps volunteer, Army Reservist, and grant writer from Yorktown ,[7] [8] [9] [self-published source?
General election results
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See also
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References
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^ Wittman wins 1st Congressional District Election Archived 2007-12-12 at the Wayback Machine WVEC December 11, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007
^ Payne, Kimball (November 11, 2007). "DEMOCRATS PICK IRAQ WAR VET TO RUN FOR 1ST DISTRICT" . Daily Press Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ Mack, Kristen (December 9, 2007). "3 Candidates Vie to Fill Davis's House Seat" . Washington Post ISSN 0190-8286 . Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ "Parties Focus on Specials - Roll Call" . rollcall.com . Retrieved April 20, 2018 .
^ "The Shad Plank: Convention final. Wittman is in!" . typepad.com . Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2018 .
^ "PEOPLE" . Daily Press . Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ Payne, Kimball (November 29, 2007). "CANDIDATE TRUMPETS GOP VOW" . Daily Press Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ "Deer, Meet Headlights. « Fred2Blue" . fred2blue.wordpress.com . Archived from the original on December 13, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2018 .
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
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