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Former Sen. Glen Sturtevant looks to have pulled off the upset Tuesday, knocking off Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, in a tight three-way Chesterfield Senate GOP primary.
Tina Ramirez, Sen. Amanda Chase and Glen Sturtevant
The primary pitted a Trump-supporting state senator who is the only Republican who is not in the Senate GOP caucus against a former one-term senator with key backing from members of the GOP establishment and Tina Ramirez, who had a fat war chest from a failed nomination contest for Congress.
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The district, which comprises the western half of Chesterfield County, plus the city of Colonial Heights, is very Republican — voting 57% for Glenn Youngkin in his 2021 election as governor.
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Sturtevant, a lawyer, served one term in the Senate from 2016 to 2020, losing to Democrat Ghazala Hashmi in 2019. He was a member of the Richmond School Board from 2012 until his election to the state Senate.
Chase, Ramirez, Sturtevant vie for GOP Senate nomination in Chesterfield
Chase is currently not a member of the Senate Republican Caucus. She was censured by the Senate in 2021 for a “pattern of unacceptable conduct,” including a lack of civility and making false and misleading statements.
In 2021, she sought the GOP nomination for governor that went to Youngkin.
Ramirez, a former congressional hopeful, founded an organization that “addresses the root causes of religious conflict and works to defend the rights of the oppressed” in countries around the world.
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