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Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pat Herrity drops from Virginia Lt. Gov. race, making John Reid presumptive GOP nominee
Only one Republican candidate remains in Virginia's race for lieutenant governor after a contender dropped out Monday. Pat Herrity, a Republican member of the Fairfax Board of Supervisors, announced Monday evening he is withdrawing from the race. He cited his ongoing recovery from heart surgery as the reason. 'It is with a very heavy heart that today I am announcing the end of my 2025 race for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia,' he wrote on social media. 'Since my heart surgery on March 13th and the subsequent complications, I have been working hard to regain my strength and return to the campaign trail… Realizing that I can't give it my all for the ticket, my supporters and donors is already causing me great stress. I believe making this decision now is in the best interest of both my health and the ticket.' John Curran, a James City County businessman, announced he was dropping out of the race earlier this month. In a social media post, he alleged that he had gathered the required number of signatures to make the ballot, but that someone associated with his campaign had stolen 'most of (the) signature.' He said law enforcement was investigating but that there wouldn't be time for him to resolve the matter ahead of the June 17 primary. The deadline to gather the required 10,000 signatures to appear on the ballot was April 3. With Curran and Herrity out of the race, that means John Reid, a conservative radio host, is the last remaining Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. 'I am sure all Virginians join me in praying for Supervisor Pat Herrity and his continued recovery,' Reid said in a statement. 'With Pat's selfless decision today, our party now has an early opportunity to unify behind a historic, solidly conservative, reasonable and responsible GOP ticket led by Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears and Attorney General Jason Miyares that will continue to build on Governor Youngkin's success. As I hope my travels across the state and work ethic have demonstrated, I take my new responsibility as the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor seriously.' Republicans will not have a primary for Virginia's gubernatorial or attorney general's race. Democrats will hold two statewide primaries, for lieutenant governor and attorney general. Kate Seltzer, (757)713-7881
Washington Post
21-04-2025
- Health
- Washington Post
Pat Herrity drops out of Virginia GOP lieutenant governors' race
Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity is dropping out of the Republican primary election for Virginia lieutenant governor because of health reasons, he announced Monday — a move that clears a path for conservative talk-radio host John Reid and effectively sets the GOP ticket for statewide elections this fall. Herrity, the lone Republican elected official in Northern Virginia's largest jurisdiction, had been leading Reid in fundraising in the party's sole statewide primary contest.
