{"id":2270960,"date":"2024-06-18T19:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T23:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorsed-navy-veteran-to-face-tim-kaine-in-virginia\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T19:45:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T23:45:56","slug":"trump-endorsed-navy-veteran-to-face-tim-kaine-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorsed-navy-veteran-to-face-tim-kaine-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-backed Navy veteran set to challenge Tim Kaine in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-endorsed-navy-veteran-to-face-tim-kaine-in-virginia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270960&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hung Cao, a\u200d retired Navy Captain, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-the-second-amendment-doesnt-shrink-beneath-the-threat-of-f-15s-and-nuclear-weapons\/\" title=\"OPINION: The Second Amendment Doesn\u2019t Shrink Beneath The Threat Of F-15s And Nuclear Weapons\">emerged victorious<\/a> in \u200dthe Republican primary for the \u200bSenate \u2063seat\u2062 in Virginia, defeating four \u200bGOP counterparts. Securing \u206365.9% of the vote, Cao convincingly topped his\u200b nearest challengers, veteran Eddie Garcia \u200band former\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-audio-think-tanks-star-lawsuit-witness-admits-to-tommy-robinson-that-they-bribed-him-for-testimony-against-us-congressional-staffer\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Think Tank\u2019s Star Lawsuit Witness Admits to Tommy Robinson That They Bribed Him For Testimony Against US Congressional Staffer\">congressional staffer<\/a> Scott Parkinson. Additionally, he outpaced veterans Chuck Smith and lawyer-author Jonathan Emord.\u200c Key to his primary\u200c campaign success \u200bwas Cao&#8217;s \u200dlead in fundraising and\u2062 a significant endorsement from former President Donald Trump in late May. Hung Cao will now face the \u200dincumbent Democratic\u2064 Senator\u200c Tim Kaine \u2063in the upcoming November election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Retired Navy Capt. Hung Cao has won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Senate<\/a> GOP primary in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Virginia\">Virginia<\/a>, beating out four other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> rivals, and will take on incumbent Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-kaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)\">Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n<p>Cao won his GOP primary with 65.9% of the vote after the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 7:23 p.m. with 19% of the vote counted. Cao defeated veteran Eddie Garcia, who received 10.1% of the vote, and Scott Parkinson, a former congressional staffer for Ron DeSantis who received 9.5% of the vote. He also defeated veteran Chuck Smith and Jonathan Emord, an author and lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Cao, who had been the front-runner in fundraising, also received the coveted endorsement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"former President Trump \">former President Trump <\/a>in late May in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hungcao_va\/status\/1794925907146072481?s=46\">post<\/a> on Truth Social. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Combat Veteran and Highly Decorated Special Operations Officer, Hung Cao will be a tireless fighter to stop Inflation, grow our Economy, secure our Border, strongly support our Incredible Military\/Vets and defend our always under siege Second Amendment,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Cao, who lost a congressional race to Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) by 6 percentage points two years ago, raised $2 million to challenge Kaine, which includes $811,511 in the last quarter.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Retired Navy captain Hung Cao participates in a debate on Oct. 20, 2022, in Leesburg, Va. Cao announced plans Tuesday, July 18, 2023 to seek the 2024 Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine. (AP Photo\/Matthew Barakat, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cao came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1975 from Vietnam and was later commissioned into the Navy as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-u-s-can-beat-russia-in-ukraine-without-firing-a-shot\/\" title=\"The U.S. Can Beat Russia in Ukraine Without Firing a Shot\">special operations officer<\/a>, retiring as a captain. In a campaign video, he compares Vietnam\u2019s communist regime during the Cold War to today\u2019s Biden administration.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe are losing our country,\u201d Cao says in the ad, blaming Biden for criminal cases moving forward against Trump. \u201cYou know it. But you also know that you can\u2019t say it. We\u2019re forced to say that wrong is right. We\u2019re forced to lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cao will face Kaine in November, who is seeking a third term. He was running unopposed. Kaine previously served as Richmond\u2019s mayor, Virginia\u2019s governor, and as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In 2016, Hillary Clinton selected him as her running mate during her unsuccessful bid for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent Republican to hold a Senate seat in Virginia was John Warner, who won a seat in 2002. Kaine\u2019s seat is listed as solidly Democratic by the Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia. Kaine won his last race in 2018 by 16 percentage points.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Navy Capt. Hung Cao triumphed in Virginia&#8217;s Senate GOP primary, securing 65.9% of the vote. He outpaced four Republican competitors and will challenge Democratic incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine in November. The Associated Press declared Cao&#8217;s victory at 7:23 p.m. with 19% of precincts reporting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2270961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24155789975464-819x1024.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2270960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24155789975464-819x1024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2270960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2270960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2270960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2270960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}