December 11, 2007
Forgit About It
The unlikeliest GOP candidate to emerge from the 11/10 GOP nominating convo is now the new VA-01 Rep. Del. Rob Wittman (R) will replace the late-Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R) after defeating Iraq Vet Philip Forgit (D) and grant writer Lucky Narain (I) this p.m. The race was practically ignored by pol. observers, whose eyes are fixed instead on the results in OH-05.
Results, with 90% reporting:
Wittman 36,709 63%
Forgit 20,481 35
Narain 1,037 2
With his easy victory, Wittman pulled the same % that Davis got in ’06.
By WH election numbers, VA-01 is slightly less GOP than OH-05, but Dems made the decision to invest in OH-05 instead. The NRCC aided Wittman early in the general election race, putting in a total of about $80K, but stopped in early Dec. after it became apparent that Dems were more interested in OH.
Wittman was the least likely GOPer to emerge from the nominating convo. Davis’ husband, Chuck Davis (R), and Club for Growth-backed Paul Jost (R) were the early frontrunners, but a long floor battle yielded the consensus choice of Wittman.
Forgit ran a good campaign, and Dems talked up his profile, but in the end he didn’t have the time or the funds to mount a strong campaign [TIM SAHD]
Posted at 08:29 PM
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