Virginia's 1st congressional district special election, 2007

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After the death of 1st district representative Jo Ann Davis on October 6th 2007, a special election was required to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the 110th United States Congress. Governor Tim Kaine announced that the election would occur on December 11, 2007. The Republican and Democratic candidates were selected by political conventions on November 10, 2007.^[1] Republican state legislator Rob Wittman was elected, defeating Democrat Philip Forgit and Independent Lucky Narain.^[2]

Contents 1 Candidates 1.1 Democratic 1.2 Republican 1.2.1 Also Ran 1.3 Independent 2 Results 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Candidates

Listed alphabetically first by party, then by last name.

[edit] Democratic

Democrats nominated Iraq War Veteran and former teacher Philip Forgit over retired United States Navy Captain Ted Hontz by a 106-91 convention vote. ^[3] The Democratic convention was held in Williamsburg, Virginia.

[edit] Republican

After five ballots, Republicans chose State Delegate Rob Wittman as their nominee when Paul Jost withdrew before the sixth ballot could be announced. ^[4] The Republican convention was held at Caroline High School in Caroline County, Virginia.

[edit] Also Ran

• Dick Black - Former State Delegate, 1998-2006
• Jim Bowden - Ex-chairman of the First Congressional District Republican Committee
• Sherwood H. Bowditch - Executive Director, Virginia Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs; Ex-Insurance agent (Campaign Website) ^[5]
• David Caprara - Republican Party activist
• David Corderman - Retired FBI agent, consultant
• Chuck Davis - Widower of Representative Davis
• Catesby Jones - President of Peace Frogs, Inc. (Campaign Website)
• Paul Jost - Businessman, Activist (Campaign Website)
• Kevin O'Neill - Attorney
• Rob Quartel - Chairman and CEO of FreightDesk Technologies(Campaign Website)^[6]

[edit] Independent

Lucky Narain, a former Peace Corps volunteer, current Army Reservist, and grant writer from Yorktown^[7], filed the necessary petitions to be placed on the ballot as an independent candidate. He was the nominee of the Indy Greens.

[edit] Results

2007 Special Election for Virginia's 1st Congressional District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rob Wittman	42,772	60.8	n/a
	Democratic	Philip Forgit	26,282	37.3	n/a
	Independent	Lucky Narain	1,253	1.9	n/a
		Write-ins	75	0.1	n/a
Turnout			70,382	15.6

[edit] See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

[edit] References