Scott Wyatt (politician)

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After incumbent Chris Peace voted to expand Medicaid, [5] [6] local Republican party representatives chose to nominate Wyatt instead after a divisive convention. [7]

In the general election, Wyatt defeated Democrat Kevin Washington with 55.7% of the vote. [8] 17.7% of the votes were write-ins, most likely for Chris Peace. [9]

References

  1. "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  2. Times-Dispatch, Andrew Cain Richmond. "GOP nominee Scott Wyatt and Speaker Kirk Cox urge Republicans to unite and focus on November". Roanoke Times. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  3. Luck, Ashley. "Hanover supervisor Scott Wyatt to run against Del. Chris Peace to represent 97th district". dailypress.com/virginiagazette. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  4. Wilson, Jason (2021-06-28). "Revealed: neo-Confederate group includes military officers and politicians". The Guardian . Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  5. "Virginia Just Voted to Expand Medicaid. These States Could Be Next". www.governing.com. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  6. "Virginia GOP backs hardline conservative challenger over incumbent in House seat fight". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  7. Local, Jim Ridolphi for the Mechanicsville. "RPV: Wyatt is the 97th nominee". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  8. "2019 November General". results.elections.virginia.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  9. From staff reports. "GOP's Wyatt claims victory over Democrat Washington for Hanover-based seat that features Peace write-in". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
Scott Wyatt
Scott A. Wyatt, April 18, 2024 (cropped).jpg
Wyatt in 2024
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Assumed office
January 8, 2020