Today, Jim Gilmore, a former Henrico County prosecutor, Virginia Attorney General, and Governor of Virginia was nominated as the Republican Senate Candidate for Virginia by a razor-thin margin of 76 votes. The other Republican contenders for the U.S. Senate were state delegate Bob Marshall and Veteran Bob Berry from Fairfax. Jim Gilmore outspent Marshall 14-1 indicating less enthusiasm in voters about Gilmore.
Gilmore's victory is still a victory, but it shows that Virginia Republicans are losing touch with their officials and want a call back to core conservative values, values Marshall was seen as having.
What moderately-conservative strategy works in Northern Virginia does not work in the bulk of the state. Gilmore is more moderate than Marshall.
I personally do not know who to support for the Fall general election, but am inclined to vote Republican at this point since I see more inspiration coming from Gilmore than Warner, the presumptive Democratic nominee.
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Even though i am rather liberal, i agree with you that parties need to get back to their original values. Especially the republicans, if they want to compete successfully with Democrats in elections. I also am kinda amazed at how much politicians spend on campaigns, if Gilmore spent so much on the campaign in Nova, then I don't see how he has a very good chance in the rest of the state.
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