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Title: GOP Congressman Who Officiated Gay Wedding Loses Primary
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URL Source: https://www.libertyheadlines.com/go ... ted-gay-wedding-loses-primary/
Published: Jun 14, 2020
Author: Admin
Post Date: 2020-06-14 21:30:56 by BTP Holdings
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GOP Congressman Who Officiated Gay Wedding Loses Primary June 14, 2020 Admin Denver Riggleman had been endorsed by President Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr…. Denver Riggleman/Photo by Gage Skidmore (CC) (Associated Press) A freshman Virginia GOP congressman who angered social conservatives in his district when he officiated a gay wedding lost his party’s nomination. U.S. Rep. Denver Riggleman lost a GOP convention Saturday that was done via drive-thru because of the coronavirus pandemic. He was defeated by Bob Good, a former official in the athletics department at Liberty University. While the convention ended at 7 p.m., the vote tally was not announced until after 1 a.m. Sunday. Good won 58% of the vote, campaign manager Nancy Smith told The Associated Press. 5th District Republican Committee Chair Melvin Adams said 2,537 of the more than 3,500 registered delegates voted, news outlets reported. “Resounding win!” Smith wrote in an email. Riggleman, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, upset many Republicans in his district last summer when he officiated the wedding of two male campaign aides. The convention was held at a Lynchburg-area church near Good’s home and was the only place delegates could cast a ballot in a district that stretches from northern Virginia to the North Carolina border. Riggleman has said a small coterie of Republican insiders were trying to rig the contest against him forcing the nomination process to be decided with a convention instead of a primary. Conventions favor more conservative candidates and have been used for years by Virginia Republicans to block moderate Republicans from winning office. Poster Comment: I bet that is the last time he does that.
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