Republicans have chosen a candidate to face off against incumbent Eugene Vindman this fall.
During Tuesday’s Republican primary, voters selected Doug A. Ollivant as the candidate who will attempt to claim Vindman’s 7th District Congressional seat. Ollivant, a Culpeper County resident, received 13,438 votes, or 56.74%, compared to candidates Philip Harding, 7,239 votes, 30.57%, and Rick Smithers, 3,005 votes, 12.69%.
In addition to receiving the most votes across the district, Ollivant was also the top vote getter locally. In Madison County, 598 voters, or 72.66%, chose Ollivant while in Orange County, 1,155 voters of 61.5% percent chose him.
Ollivant thanked voters for their support in a post to social media Wednesday morning.
“We are the strongest when we stand together,” he wrote. “The campaign season may have tested us, but our love for America, Virginia and our communities is what binds us together. Let’s move forward with respect, purpose and determination, united behind the work that still lies ahead.”
Meanwhile, Republicans also selected a Senate candidate to attempt to unseat Mark Warner this fall. Bert Mizusawa was selected with 122,466 votes, or 51.45%. David Williams came in second with 68,911 votes, 28.95%, followed by Kim Farington, 46,661 votes, 19.60%.
Local results followed suit with Mizusawa receiving the top votes in Madison County, 472, 57.91% and in Orange County, 1,036, 55.43%.
Mizusawa, a retired Army Major General who lives in McLean, also thanked voters via social media.
“Thank you Virginia,” he wrote. “We campaigned hard across Virginia and thanks to you we now move on to defeat Senator Mark Warner.”
Warner, a Democrat, has represented Virginia in the Senate since 2009. He served as the Governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006.
