Democrats in a vacant Richmond-based congressional district nominated Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan for the seat, putting her on a path to becoming the state's first Black woman in Congress.
McClellan was one of four Democrats on the ballot Tuesday in the Virginia 4th Congressional District's quick-turnaround "firehouse primary," along with state Sen. Joe Morrissey, Joseph Preston and Tavorise Marks. The seat was previously held by the late Democratic Rep. Don McEachin, who died on Nov. 28, just weeks after winning reelection.
McClellan received 85 percent of the vote, compared to 14 percent for Morrissey, and less than 1 percent each for Marks and Preston. A firehouse primary, also known as an unassembled caucus, is a party-run vote where people can vote in-person as they would on a typical Election Day. More than 27,000 voters in the district turned out on Tuesday — a number that state Democratic party officials say is the largest firehouse primary turnout in Democratic Party of Virginia history. The vote counting began at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. That hand counting process, conducted by volunteers, finished at around 4 a.m. on Thursday.
The district is heavily blue, so McClellan is very likely to win the special election on Feb. 21, when she'll face off against Republican Leon Benjamin. This is Benjamin's third time running for the seat; McEachin beat him with more than 60 percent support in both 2020 and 2022.
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