Seventh Congressional District Nomination Process

For gun owners who live in the 7th Congressional District, the GOP nomination process to select a candidate to challenge anti-rights Abigail Spanberger will be a nominating convention.  While this is not the most optimum nominating process, limiting the process to party activists, gun owners can file to be delegates to the nominating convention.  You must prefile as a delegate prior to the meeting and each locality in the district has a different filing date.  There are several candidates from which to choose.  They are:

7th District Republican Candidates

• Mike Dickinson
• Craig Ennis
• Nick Freitas
• Pete Greenwald
• Andrew Knaggs
• John McGuire
• Tina Ramirez
• Jason Alexander Roberge
• Bridgette Williams

Two of the above are members of the House of Delegates - Delegate Nick Freitas and Delegate John McGuire.  They both have an excellent voting record on Second Amendment issues in the General Assembly. Gun owners when choosing a candidate should not only consider their record on our issue, but also the candidate that would stand the best chance of defeating Spanberger.  The 7th District leans GOP and Spanberger won in 2016 by only a small percentage of the vote.  Gun owners can't take a chance on nominating an individual that will give Spanberger an open path to re-election.  Delegates Freitas and McGuire likely offer the best chance of beating Spanberger.  Gun owners need to be active in the nominating process.  Click the links above to each candidate and make you own decision, then choose your locality below and file to be a delegate to the 7th District nominating convention.  Please note if you live in Louisa County, the prefiling deadline passed before VSSA received the below information.

STATUS OF COUNTIES (PREFILES AND CALLS)

Amelia N/A GOP Business Meeting date pending

Chesterfield PREFILE https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-Delegate-Membership-Filing-Form.pdf DEADLINE, 5pm, Friday, March 20th (Postmarks do not apply)

CALL TO CANVAS https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Amended-Chesterfield-GOP-2020-Canvass-Call-Final.pdf

Culpeper PREFILE FORM https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/delegate-membership-filing.pdfilingcorrected.docx DEADLINE, 9pm, Saturday, MARCH 7th (Postmarks do not apply)

CALL TO CANVAS https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Canvass-call-2020.pdf

Goochland PREFILE https://goochland.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/APPROVED_2020-Combined-Application-form.pdf DEADLINE, 8:30pm, Wednesday, March 18th (Postmarks do not apply)

CALL TO MASS MEETING https://goochland.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/APPROVED_2020.3.28-GCRC-Mass-Meeting-Call.pdf

Henrico PREFILE https://www.henricogop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Form-2020-Henrico-County-Republican-Committee-Mass-Meeting-For-Publication.pdf DEALINE, 5pm, Saturday, March 21st(Postmarks do not apply) CALL TO MASS MEETING https://www.henricogop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-HCRC-Reconstitution-Call-For-Publication.pdf

Louisa PREFILE FORM DEADLINE has passed

CALL TO MASS MEETING https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/final-Call-louisa-correct-info.pdf

Nottoway N/A GOP Business Meeting MARCH 5th

Orange PREFILE FORM https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/OFFICIAL-ROCC-pre-file-form-2020.pdf DEADLINE 6pm, Wednesday, March 4th(Postmarks do not apply)

CALL TO MASS MEETING https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/OFFICIAL-Call-for-2020-ROCC-Mass-Meeting.pdf

Powhatan PREFILE FORM https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-PCRC-Convention-Canvass-Filing-Form-1-1.pdf DEADLINE, 5pm Wednesday, March 18th (Postmarks do not apply)

CALL TO CANVAS https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Powhatan-County-Republican-Committee-2020-Call-to-Canvass.pdf

Spotsylvania PREFILE FORM https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SCRC-2020-Prefiling-Form-1.pdf DEADLINE, 7pm Friday, March 20th (Postmarks do not apply)

CALL TO MASS MEETING https://virginia.gop/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SCRC_Official_Call.pdf