Jim Moran Retiring

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Levine is the 11th Democrat to announce here. One hell of a primary.

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I'm very excited to have just learned that Charniele Herring, who I pinpointed as a possible replacement for Sen. Tim Kaine in 2024 in my TL A Political Fable 2, is in this primary. If anybody can find polling I would be appreciative. Herring may receive my first out of state donation this cycle.

There's no polling yet, seeing as how the race just kicked off and people are still announcing.

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I'm currently leaning towards rooting for Herring. So far the only VA-08 candidates I have any problem with is Chatman due to her ethics issues, and Beyer because I would prefer a younger Representative (Always important to have a bench). Herring, Hope, Ebbin, and Lopez all seem decent, but I don't know enough about them to know if progressives would have any gripes over them.

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Big field just got a hint smaller. Two Dem candidates, Del. Charniele Herring and some dude Satish Kope, are dropping out of the primary.



Kope was a nobody whose campaign was basically just a Facebook page. Herring looked like a decent candidate on paper, but apparently suffered a terrible debate performance and generally ran a shoddy campaign.


This leaves 8 candidates still in the VA-08 Dem primary, with former Lt. Gov Don Beyer as the clear favorite. The others are Del. Patrick Hope, Sen. Adam Ebbin, Community leader Lavern Chapman, radio host Mark Levine, Virginia Tech professor Derek Hyra, former Alexandria mayor Bill Euille, and Air Force pilot Bruce Shuttleworth. The Republican nominee will be former lobbyist Micah Edmond.