5th District Democrats decide to hold primary
Virginia’s 5th Congressional District Democratic Committee has voted for the party’s 2020 nominee to be determined via a state-run primary.
According to Suzanne Long, the committee’s chairwoman, the vote occurred at a scheduled meeting Saturday.
During the 2018 election, the committee selected its nominee via self-run caucuses and a district-wide Democratic convention.
Though the committee initially voted in October 2017 to support a convention, a vote was taken in February 2018 to switch to a state-run primary. Proponents of the switch argued that because the convention subcommittee had not been created until January 2018, there was not enough time to prepare for a convention, and the five-person subcommittee voted 4-1 that month to switch to a primary.
Read more: https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/politics/th-district-democrats-decide-to-hold-primary/article_b40583f2-776d-11e9-8eca-5f16fc8bad69.html
(Charlottesville Daily Progress)
Virginia’s 5th Congressional District stretches from Fauquier County to the North Carolina line.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
