2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election Virginia by-election no 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 1 2006 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 1 2008 December 11, 2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district File:Rob Wittman (cropped).jpg Rob Wittman Republican Party (United States) 42,772 60.77% 3x4.svg 150x150px Philip Forgit Democratic Party (United States) 26,282 37.34% U.S. Representative Jo Ann Davis Republican Party (United States) Rob Wittman Republican Party (United States) 210px County and independent city resultsWittman: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Forgit: #7996e2 50–60% After the death of Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis on October 6, 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.http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002626158 "Republicans Warn Against Overconfidence in Race to Succeed Davis" by Greg Giroux cqpolitics.com 20 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20081102091503/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002626158 2 November 2008 dead Republican state delegate Rob Wittman was elected, defeating Democratic nominee Philip Forgit and independent candidate Lucky Narain.Wittman wins 1st Congressional District Election https://web.archive.org/web/20071212222649/http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_121107_elections.606452d.html 2007-12-12 WVEC December 11, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007 Candidates 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.Payne Kimball November 11, 2007 DEMOCRATS PICK IRAQ WAR VET TO RUN FOR 1ST DISTRICT Daily Press https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20071111-2007-11-11-0711100209-story.html live 2021-04-26 https://archive.today/20210426060252/https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20071111-2007-11-11-0711100209-story.html 26 April 2021 The Democratic convention was held in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not invest large amounts of money into the campaign,Mack Kristen 2007-12-09 3 Candidates Vie to Fill Davis's House Seat en-US The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR2007120801350.html live 2021-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180629143721/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR2007120801350.html 2018-06-29 0190-8286 opting instead to fund Robin Weirauch's campaign in a special congressional election in Ohio.http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_66/news/21224-1.html Parties Focus on Specials - Roll Call rollcall.com 20 April 2018 Republican After five ballots, Republicans chose state delegate Rob Wittman as their nominee when Paul Jost withdrew before the sixth ballot could be announced.http://hrblogs.typepad.com/the_shad_plank/2007/11/convention-fina.html The Shad Plank: Convention final. Wittman is in! typepad.com 20 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20101216023500/http://hrblogs.typepad.com/the_shad_plank/2007/11/convention-fina.html 16 December 2010 dead The Republican convention was held at Caroline High School in Caroline County, Virginia. The Republican convention drew a wide variety of candidates, including former State Delegate Dick Black; former Republican Party official Jim Bowden; Sherwood Bowditch, the Director of the Virginia Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs; David Caprara, an activist; retired FBI agent David Corderman; Chuck Davis, the widower of late Congresswoman Davis; businessman Paul Jost, attorney Kevin O'Neill, and businessman Rob Quartel. Independent Lucky Narain, a former Peace Corps volunteer, Army Reservist, and grant writer from Yorktown,2001-02-08 PEOPLE Daily Press https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20010208-2001-02-08-0102070217-story.html 2021-04-26Payne Kimball 2007-11-29 CANDIDATE TRUMPETS GOP VOW Daily Press https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20071129-2007-11-29-0711280258-story.html live 2021-04-26 https://archive.today/20210426063538/https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20071129-2007-11-29-0711280258-story.html 26 April 2021 filed the necessary petitions to be placed on the ballot as an independent candidate. He criticized Wittman for supporting a transportation tax increase despite having signed an anti-tax pledge; Wittman claimed that he had not signed that particular pledge.Deer, Meet Headlights. « Fred2Blue http://fred2blue.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/deermeet-headlights/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071213193525/http://fred2blue.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/deermeet-headlights/ Dec 13, 2007 20 April 2018 fred2blue.wordpress.comApril 2021 General election results Virginia's 1st congressional district special election, 2007https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/Data/2007/C1B0FA46-55B2-4D62-AA16-B971618E0711/Official/6_s.shtml Archived copy 2013-10-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235333/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/Data/2007/C1B0FA46-55B2-4D62-AA16-B971618E0711/Official/6_s.shtml 2016-03-03 dead Republican Party (United States) Rob Wittman 42,772 60.77 Democratic Party (United States) Philip Forgit 26,282 37.34 Independent (politician) Lucky R. Narain 1,253 1.78 Write-ins 75 0.11 70,382 100.00 Republican Party (United States) By county and independent city Locality Rob WittmanRepublican Philip ForgitDemocratic All others Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Caroline (part) 683 73.4% 245 26.3% 3 0.3% 438 47.1% 931 Essex 668 71.8% 256 27.5% 7 0.8% 412 44.3% 931 Fauquier (part) 1,341 67.9% 616 31.2% 17 0.9% 725 36.7% 1,974 Fredericksburg 693 44.6% 845 54.3% 17 1.1% -152 9.7% 1,555 Gloucester 2,717 61.7% 1,562 35.5% 125 2.8% 1,155 26.2% 4,404 Hampton (part) 970 44.1% 1,171 53.3% 57 2.6% -201 -9.2% 2,198 James City 5,454 50.4% 5,181 47.9% 181 1.7% 273 2.5% 10,816 King and Queen 386 58.3% 272 41.1% 4 0.6% 114 17.2% 662 King George 1,359 70.5% 544 28.2% 24 1.3% 815 42.3% 1,927 King William 759 64.8% 397 33.9% 15 1.3% 362 30.9% 1,171 Lancaster 1,916 74.5% 644 25.0% 12 0.4% 1,272 49.5% 2,572 Mathews 1,041 60.9% 648 37.9% 20 1.2% 393 23.0% 1,709 Middlesex 1,184 66.8% 566 31.9% 922 1.3% 618 34.9% 1,772 Newport News (part) 3,811 56.4% 2,772 41.0% 180 2.7% 1,039 15.4% 6,763 Northumberland 1,837 75.8% 571 23.5% 17 0.7% 1,266 52.3% 2,425 Poquoson 1,231 67.4% 541 29.6% 55 3.0% 690 37.8% 1,827 Prince William (part) 584 55.0% 457 43.1% 20 1.9% 127 11.9% 1,061 Richmond County 879 85.0% 149 14.4% 6 0.6% 730 70.6% 1,034 Spotsylvania (part) 3,711 66.9% 1,781 32.1% 51 0.9% 1,930 34.8% 5,543 Stafford 4,503 65.9% 2,233 32.7% 92 1.4% 2,270 33.2% 6,828 Westmoreland 1,647 78.5% 439 20.9% 13 0.6% 1,208 67.6% 2,099 Williamsburg 626 36.0% 1,079 62.0% 35 2.1% -453 -26.0% 1,740 York 4,772 56.5% 3,313 39.3% 355 4.2% 1,459 17.2% 8,440Totals42,77260.8%26,28237.3%1,3281.9%16,49023.5%70,382 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References 30em 2007 01 Virginia 01 Virginia 2007 01 United States House of Representatives 01 United States House of Representatives 2007 01 Virginia 01