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Kelly Convirs-Fowler
Update on Kelly Convirs-Fowler’s potential school board run
In an update to the story from last week, the Virginia Beach registrar confirmed that Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler, D-Virginia Beach, filed paperwork Tuesday to run for school board.
The registrar's office says they have not canvassed the signatures to verify them yet, but she did turn in the amount required to make it on the ballot.
They should have the canvassing process completed by early next week.
Convirs-Fowler has been calling around to Democrats and says that if she wins the school board race in November, she will resign from the House of Delegates.
The race between Rep. Bob Good and John McGuire for the VA-05 Republican nomination remains close. Mail-in ballots can still be counted if they are postmarked by election day and arrive by Friday.
Five takeaways from Virginia’s primary election results - WaPo
by Meagan Flynn
Virginia, home to several competitive districts and virtually a permanent bellwether for national politics, never lacks for drama in its congressional races, andTuesday’s primary was no exception.
Rep. Bob Good (R), the only Virginia incumbent who wasin serious jeopardy, is still fighting to keep his5th District seat in a too-close-to-call race after former president Donald Trump endorsed his challenger. And two of Virginia’s most contested districts — the 7th and the 10th — are open seats this year with new candidates entering the ring, as Democrats seek to hang onto them in pursuit of control of the House.
Virginia voters say some election-related texts went too far - Fox 5 DC
by David Kaplan
One day after the Virginia primary, some voters are telling FOX 5 that some election-related texts they received crossed the line. Voters received messages from unknown numbers using their first name, and in some cases the street they live on, encouraging them to vote.
Anastasia Jones got a text from a number she didn’t know around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. "Anastasia, records show you voted in 2023. Find out where to vote Tuesday," the message said, with an authentic link to the Virginia Department of Elections website on how to vote.
