{"id":494342,"date":"2021-05-10T23:50:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T03:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=494342"},"modified":"2021-05-10T23:50:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T03:50:15","slug":"glenn-youngkin-wins-gop-nomination-for-governor-of-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-youngkin-wins-gop-nomination-for-governor-of-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Youngkin Wins GOP Nomination For Governor Of 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\">18<\/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%2Fglenn-youngkin-wins-gop-nomination-for-governor-of-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=494342&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-683358492-scaled-e1620701086582.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"48.903225806452\">\n<p>Glenn Youngkin is set to become the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia after his closest primary opponent and a fellow CEO Pete Snyder conceded Monday night in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carlyle.com\/media-room\/news-release-archive\/youngkin-lee-2020-ceo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">former CEO<\/a> of the private equity giant Carlyle Group, will run against a Democratic nominee that will be determined at the party\u2019s primary on June 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc29.com\/2021\/05\/10\/glenn-youngkin-becomes-republican-gubernatorial-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to WVIR-TV.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.14375\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">While certainly would have preferred a W, I send my heartfelt congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@glennyoungkin<\/a> on a tremendous race + deserved win. He + the ticket have my 100% support. Grateful to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BursonSnyder?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bursonsnyder<\/a> + entire team. Love you all + our big family that is the VA GOP. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/openourschools?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#openourschools<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pete Snyder (@petesnyder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petesnyder\/status\/1391935411270864898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhile certainly would have preferred a W, I send my heartfelt congratulations to @glennyoungkin on a tremendous race + deserved win,\u201d Snyder wrote in the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/27\/virginia-governor-race-republican-glenn-youngkin-ralph-northam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">entered a crowded field<\/a> of Republicans made up of seven candidates in January. The GOP nomination was decided at an unconventional \u201cunassembled convention\u201d held Saturday when nearly 30,000 Republican voters cast their ballots, NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/glenn-younkin-becomes-virginia-republicans-nominee-governor-s-race-n1266889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new ranked-choice voting system employed by the party in this primary redistributed the votes of the last-place candidate to the six remaining ones based on whom those delegates indicated as their second choice. The process is then repeated until one candidate gains the absolute majority, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilotonline.com\/government\/virginia\/vp-nw-youngkin-leads-first-round-virginia-gop-20210510-w5rrdz7kmfbi5c7dzvqvtyd2zy-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Virginian-Pilot<\/p>\n<p>Following five rounds of vote tallying, Youngkin was leading with 42% of the weighted vote, outstripping both Snyder, who received 33% of the vote, and Republican state Sen. Amanda Chase, who garnered 25%, The Virginian-Pilot reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am prepared to lead, excited to serve and profoundly humbled by the trust the people have placed in me,\u201d Youngkin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1391937913437528065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> Monday night prior to the official certification of his victory. \u201cVirginians have made it clear that they are ready for a political outsider with proven business experience to bring real change in Richmond.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glenn Youngkin is set to become the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia after his closest primary opponent and a fellow CEO Pete Snyder conceded Monday night in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277754,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-683358492-scaled-e1620701086582.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Glenn Youngkin Wins GOP Nomination For Governor Of Virginia","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-494342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-683358492-scaled-e1620701086582.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Glenn Youngkin Wins GOP Nomination For Governor Of Virginia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494342","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}