Jackson didn’t sound too viable either, and was distantly mired in 3rd place anyway.
Freitas was the obvious choice but he was a “GOPE RINO” so most of FR didn’t want to hear that.
VA is not “solid” let alone “safe” rat, Trump lost it by 5 points that’s a far cry from Illinois but uh....it’s drying out red jello at least, into the territory of “rat-leaning” more than “swing”. Moving the wrong way.
Freitas would have been a longshot but him pulling the upset was at least POSSIBLE if the stars aligned.
Stewart seems to be looking at under 40%, though I think he’ll do better than Gilmore in 2008 (I still marvel at that disaster). If Stewart had been the nominee for Governor like people wanted, the democrats would have easily taken the State House instead of the GOP just hanging on.
Nominating him was foolish.
Heh. The guy had an impeccable record in the House of Delegates, described as a "conservative voting record and libertarian streak.", he's a card carrying member of the member of the Heritage Foundation and the NRA, he's best known for a "fiery speech on the floor of the House of Delegates where Freitas voiced opposition to further gun control proposals following the Parkland, Florida school shooting" and he was endorsed in the primary by Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee.
Sounds like Freitas is a "GOPE RINO" the same way Mike Enzi supposedly was.
Corey Stewart is apparently this election cycle's version of Katherine Harris.