VA-SEN: Ex-Rep. Scott Taylor will challenge Va. Sen. Mark Warner
Former Rep. Scott Taylor announced Monday he will challenge Democratic Sen. Mark Warner for his seat in 2020.
Taylor released a campaign launch video on YouTube on Monday highlighting his upbringing in a single-parent home, his rough pre-adolescent years, his career as a Navy SEAL and his experience as a lawmaker in Virginia and the U.S. House.
“We have a leadership crisis in Virginia,” Taylor said Monday on Fox News morning show “Fox and Friends,” echoing a talking point in his campaign announcement video. “We need a fresh start in the Senate.”
Taylor, a one-term Republican from Virginia’s 2nd District, lost to Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria in the 2018 midterms, amid an investigation by a special prosecutor assigned to investigate claims of election fraud by aides on his campaign team.
The commonwealth’s special prosecutor, Don Caldwell, indicted one of those Taylor staffers in May, and he said at the time that his investigation remains ongoing “due primarily to the lack of cooperation of key individuals.”
https://www.rollcall.com/news/campaigns/ex-rep-scott-taylor-running-to-unseat-virginia-sen-mark-warner-amid-ongoing-controversy
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