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2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election

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election_name2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election
countryVirginia
typeby-election
ongoingno
previous_election2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 1
previous_year2006
next_election2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 1
next_year2008
election_dateDecember 11, 2007
seats_for_electionVirginia's 1st congressional district
image1File:Rob Wittman (cropped).jpg
nominee1**Rob Wittman**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**42,772**
percentage1**60.77%**
image23x4.svg
image_size150x150px
nominee2Philip Forgit
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote226,282
percentage237.34%
titleU.S. Representative
before_electionJo Ann Davis
before_partyRepublican Party (United States)
after_electionRob Wittman
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)
map_image[[File:2007 United States House of Representatives Special Election in Virginia's 1st Congressional District.svg210px]]
map_captionCounty and independent city results
**Wittman**:
**Forgit:**

Wittman:
Forgit: 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. Republican state delegate Rob Wittman was elected, defeating Democratic nominee Philip Forgit and independent candidate Lucky Narain.

Candidates

Democratic

Democrats nominated Iraq War veteran and former teacher Philip Forgit over retired United States Navy Captain Ted Hontz by a 106–91 convention vote. The Democratic convention was held in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not invest large amounts of money into the campaign, opting instead to fund Robin Weirauch's campaign in a special congressional election in Ohio.

Republican

After five ballots, Republicans chose state delegate Rob Wittman as their nominee when Paul Jost withdrew before the sixth ballot could be announced. The Republican convention was held at Caroline High School in 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

Lucky Narain, a former Peace Corps volunteer, Army Reservist, and grant writer from Yorktown, filed the necessary petitions to be placed on the ballot as an independent candidate. He criticized Wittman for supporting a transportation tax increase despite having signed an anti-tax pledge; Wittman claimed that he had not signed that particular pledge.

General election results

References

References

  1. ""Republicans Warn Against Overconfidence in Race to Succeed Davis" by Greg Giroux".
  2. [http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_121107_elections.606452d.html Wittman wins 1st Congressional District Election] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-12-12 WVEC December 11, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007)
  3. Payne, Kimball. (November 11, 2007). "DEMOCRATS PICK IRAQ WAR VET TO RUN FOR 1ST DISTRICT". [[Daily Press (Virginia).
  4. Mack, Kristen. (2007-12-09). "3 Candidates Vie to Fill Davis's House Seat". [[The Washington Post]].
  5. "Parties Focus on Specials - Roll Call".
  6. "The Shad Plank: Convention final. Wittman is in!".
  7. (2001-02-08). "PEOPLE". [[Daily Press (Virginia).
  8. Payne, Kimball. (2007-11-29). "CANDIDATE TRUMPETS GOP VOW". [[Daily Press (Virginia).
  9. "Deer, Meet Headlights. « Fred2Blue".
  10. "Archived copy".
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