Chris Hurst, whose girlfriend died in live TV shooting, beats NRA candidate in Virginia

daily mail ^ | 11/8/17 | Lois Beckett

[SoFloFreeper]

A first-time politician who lost his girlfriend to gun violence has defeated the National Rifle Association-backed incumbent in a state house race in Virginia....

Hurst’s girlfriend, 24-year-old journalist Alison Parker, was shot dead on live television during a routine morning broadcast in 2015, along with WDBJ7 cameraman Adam Ward. Parker had been quietly dating Hurst, another reporter at the station....

....On Tuesday, Hurst won with 54% of the vote to defeat Joseph Yost, an incumbent with an A-rating from the NRA.

[ealgeone]

yep....dims know how to manipulate the heart strings.

[KevinB]

... who suffered the loss of his girlfriend at the hands of an angry, gay, black ex-employee of the TV station.

Fixed.