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In 2007, Obenshain easily won reelection over Democrat Maxine Hope Roles 70-29 percent. Obenshain ran for re-election unopposed in 2011. Obenshain was the Republican nominee for Attorney General of Virginia, losing to Democrat Mark Herring in the 2013 Election and formally conceding on December 18.
Obenshain was then nominated by acclamation. Obenshain's nomination came 35 years after his father, Richard D. Obenshain, received the Republican nomination for the United States Senate on the same stage at the Richmond Coliseum in May 1978. Richard Obenshain was killed in a plane crash a few months after his nomination.
Obenshain conceded the election on December 18, and later that day, the recount ended with Herring winning by 907 votes, or 0.04%. [10] Democrats held the Attorney General's office for the first time since 1994, and with Herring's victory, Democrats held all five statewide offices – including both U.S. Senate seats – for the first time ...
Mark Obenshain, State Senator and nominee for Attorney General of Virginia in 2013 [42] John Scott, Chairman of the Young Republican Federation of Virginia [43] Pete Snyder, technology executive and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2013 [44] Kathy Hayden Terry, Virginia RNC Committeewoman [45]
Kate Obenshain Griffin of Winchester became the party's chairman in 2004. Following Senator George Allen's unsuccessful 2006 reelection bid, Griffin submitted her resignation as Chairman effective November 15, 2006. Her brother, Mark Obenshain, is a State Senator from Harrisonburg in the Virginia General Assembly.
In the attorney general election, Democrat Mark Herring beat Republican Mark Obenshain by 1,103,777 votes to 1,103,612 - a difference of 165 votes out of more than 2.2 million cast, or 0.007%. [1] [2] [3] After a recount, [4] Obenshain conceded the election on December 18, and later that day, the recount ended with Herring winning by 907 votes ...
It has been represented by Republican Mark Obenshain since 2024. [3] Geography. District 2 is located in the rural western area of Virginia, ...
1995 Virginia Senate election, District 32 [6]; Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Robert M. McDowell: 3,537 : 58.1 : Republican: Pamela Danner ...