Politics

The board also took no action on requests by a Northern Virginia Democrat to be placed on the ballot as an independent and by a central Virginia Democrat who was late with his state Senate paperwork.

Lane Perry had just recently been promoted to captain in 2006 when he stepped into the role of sheriff after his predecessor was charged in a racketeering case.

Democrats have refused to nominate Jasmine Lipscomb for a House of Delegates seat after a dispute over a filing fee.

Of that, $8.7 million will go to projects in Southwest and Southside. The state authority just finalized the first grants to go out since it received its first set of national settlement payments from manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids in 2022.

John Marsden withdrew from his primary after early voting had begun, citing a personal conflict with unidentified Republicans nominated elsewhere. The party says putting on a primary with only one candidate cost taxpayers $50,000.

The delegate faces two felony charges and missed the filing deadline for the Republican nomination.

Democrats ousted four incumbents and replaced them with more liberal candidates.

The veteran Democrat has a 533-lead with provisional ballots and late-arriving mail ballots yet to be counted in one of the most closely contested primaries in the state.

Michael Galliher topped Rhonda Perdue in the Roanoke County clerk’s race, while Botetourt Supervisor Billy Martin and Buchanan County Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerald Arrington also lost primaries. A roundup of local races.

Williams took 67% of the vote in the closely watched contest between two Republican incumbents.