Virginia Democrats vying for Gerry Connolly’s House seat sprint to ‘firehouse’ primary

Virginia Democrats have little time left to campaign for the primary election to replace the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA).

Five weeks after Connolly died after battling cancer, Virginia will hold the primary election for his seat on June 28, where the party will nominate a candidate for the special election. The Northern Virginia seat is a safe blue district that Connolly won by 34 points last year. The Democratic nominee from next week’s primary will be strongly favored in the Sept. 9 general election.

The primary timeline left candidates little time to push their platform, gain name recognition, and prove how they will take on President Donald Trump, versus the Texas and Arizona special election primaries, which allow months to prepare and run what is

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