VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Scott Taylor is projected to win Virginia's GOP House District 2 primary, according to the Associated Press.
He emerged victorious against Ben Loyola and Jarome Bell.
BREAKING: Scott Taylor wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Virginia's 2nd congressional district. #APracecall at 7:40 p.m. EDT. #Election2020 #VAprimary https://t.co/lGfinjTqT4
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The three Navy veterans sought the Republican nomination in the race. The winner will go on to face Democrat Elaine Luria, who is also a Navy veteran, in November.
The district includes Virginia Beach, part of Norfolk, parts of the Peninsula, Williamsburg and the Eastern Shore.
Taylor is a former congressman and delegate who represented the district for a term before losing to Luria in 2018.
His 2018 campaign faced controversy when his staffers helped get a third-party candidate on the ballot, leading to allegations of forgery and a criminal investigation into the campaign. In early March, one of his former campaign staffers pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year in jail and fined $2,500 in connection with the incident.
"There were mistakes made, decisions that were wrong. I've been very open and honest about that the whole time," Taylor told News 3 reporter Brendan Ponton. "We're running a clean campaign. We're running to win."
