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Campaign 2008
U.S. Senate & House
See also: News coverage of the 2008 campaigns for Senate and House.

Elect Jim Gilmore
to the U.S. Senate!

Former Gov. Jim Gilmore won the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate on May 31, at the Republican State Convention in Richmond. He is running to succeed Sen. John Warner (R), who is retiring after representing Virginia in the Senate since 1978.

Gilmore won the nomination over State Del. Bob Marshall, and the party is uniting behind the nominee to hold the seat against Democrat ex-Gov. Mark Warner in November. We invite you to get involved with the Gilmore campaign in Northern Virginia this year!

photo Jim Gilmore (nominated)
  • Positions held: Governor of Virginia (1998-2002), Attorney General of Virginia (1994-98), Commonwealth's Attorney [Henrico County] (1988-94)
  • Links: www.JimGilmoreforSenate.com
    Gilmore logo
    link to DontMarkWarner.com
Not running:
photo Bob Berry (announced but did not file)
photo Tom Davis (withdrew from consideration)
  • Positions held: U.S. Representative from 11th District (1995-present), Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors (1992-94), Mason District Supervisor [Fairfax County] (1980-91)
  • Links: www.TomDavis.org, House site
photo Bob Marshall (ran at convention)
photo Chris Saxman (withdrew from consideration)

NOMINATION:
The GOP nominee for Senate was selected by the Republican State Convention on Sat., May 31, 2008. Delegates to the convention could sign up through their local Republican committees by their local filing deadline (Feb./Mar. 2008). The decision on the nominating procedure was made by the Republican State Central Committee in October 2007.

Elect Mark Ellmore
to Congress!

Business executive Mark Ellmore won the Republican nomination for Congress in a primary election on June 10. He carried the district with more than 55% of the vote over Amit Singh.

Ellmore will go on to challenge discredited incumbent Democrat Jim Moran in November. We encourage you to get involved with the Ellmore campaign this year. Help elect a Republican to Congress from the 8th in '08!

photo Mark Ellmore (nominated)

Not running:
photo Basil Mossaidis (withdrew from consideration)
photo Dianne Kelly (did not file)
photo Amit Singh (ran in primary)
photo John Villanueva (withdrew)

NOMINATION:
The GOP nominee for House was selected by a Republican primary on Tue., June 10, 2008. Candidates needed to collect signatures of at least 1,000 registered voters on nominating petitions, and file by April 11, 2008. If only one candidate had filed, the primary would have been cancelled. The decision on the nominating method was made by the 8th District Republican Committee in September 2007.

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