The survey found she had 17 percent support among Republicans, 10 points ahead of Virginia delegate Kirk Cox, who had the second-highest level of support.Īt the time, most Republicans, 55 percent, were still undecided, so it was still an open race. Officials warned it could take days to count ballots, and Glenn Youngkin, former co-CEO of the investment firm The Carlyle Group, wasn't declared the official winner until Tuesday.Ĭhase held an early lead on her GOP challengers for the nomination, and in February she came out on top in a Christopher Newport University poll. If not, a new counting process is used that redistributes votes as the losing candidates are eliminated. If a candidate gets more than 50 percent of first-choice votes, they win outright. It's also the first time delegates used a rank-choice voting method, where voters rank their candidates from first to last. More than 50,000 people signed up as delegates, the largest political convention for a state in United States history, according to John Massoud, a town council member in Strasburg. She took issue with the decision to hold the Saturday convention instead of a primary election, and on Tuesday, she lost her bid for the GOP nomination for Virginia governor despite strong polling.
Virginia Republicans opted not to put their faith in Amanda Chase, a self-described "Trump in heels," to beat out Democrats for the governor's seat in November.Ĭhase, a state senator, made national headlines for accusing Democrats of "treason" in the 2020 election and advocating for former President Donald Trump to declare martial law to remain in power.
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