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Retired Navy Capt. Hung Cao prevailed in Saturdays 11-way Republican nomination in Virginias 10th Congressional District.

As of Sunday afternoon, the district Republican committee had yet to post numerical results from the firehouse primary. The party posted that Cao won around 2 a.m.

Cao's campaign later stated he won by 18 percent in the crowded field.

Cao, who served in U.S. special operations for more than 25 years, is an immigrant from Vietnam who spent seven years in Africa before moving to the U.S. and joining the Navy.

Cao will be on the ballot with incumbent Democrat Jennifer Wexton this November. Politico rates the 10th District as "likely Democratic."

Last year, Virginians sent a clear message when they elected Governor Youngkin to lead our state in Richmond, and now, we are ready to send another message by electing a common-sense conservative outsider to represent this district in Washington, Cao said in a news release. The Biden-Wexton agenda has failed our district in more ways than one, and its time we hold them accountable for the record crime rates, out-of-control inflation, botched foreign policy, and indoctrination of our children in the classroom.

Eleven candidates were vying for the nomination. In addition to Cao, they were Loudoun County School Board member John Beatty, David Beckwith, Mike Clancy, Manassas City Councilor Theresa Coates Ellis, John Henley, Prince William County Supervisor Jeanine Lawson, Caleb Max, Jeff Mayhugh, Brandon Michon and Brooke Taylor.

In a statement Sunday, Lawson thanked her volunteers and supporters and endorsed Cao.

It is critical that we defeat Jennifer Wexton and her extreme agenda this fall, and I will be proud to support Hung in doing just that, she said.

Wexton was first elected to Congress in 2018. Before that, she served in the Virginia General Assembly.

Ive spent my career in public service working to improve the lives of the children and families in our community, and I am excited to continue sharing my record of bipartisan success delivering for my constituents throughout this reelection campaign," Wexton said in a statement Sunday.

In Rappahannock County, which joined the 10th district after redistricting, turnout was higher than party leaders anticipated.

As the polls were nearing closing on Saturday afternoon, Rappahannock County Republican Committee Chair Terry Dixon said close to 300 Republican voters cast their ballots in the canvass. He had only expected between 100 and 200 party members to show up.

Dixon attributed the higher than expected turnout to Republican resentment with rising inflation and interest rates, as well as newfound energy in the base over the increasing likelihood that the U.S. The Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade and strip Americans of abortion rights. Republicans have the energy right now and theyre mad and thats what it takes, he said. You know, people gotta be angry and mad to get something done.

Campaign representatives for Cao, Beckwith, Beatty and Clancy were stationed outside the polling place, located at Rappahannock County Elementary School.

Campaign volunteer Ed Timperlake stands at the Hung Cao tent in Rappahannock County during the GOP's 10th District firehouse primary Saturday.

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