With 102 votes in our first poll of who Blue Virginia registered users support in the 8th CD Democratic nominating contest, Del. Patrick Hope finished in first place with 33% of the votes. Hope was followed by Sen. Adam Ebbin (23%), Mark Levine (18%), Don Beyer (10%), Del. Alfonso Lopez (8%), Del. Charniele Herring (3%), Mayor Bill Euille (2%), Lavern Chatman (2%), Del. Mark Sickles (2%), and Bruce Shuttleworth (0%). Of course, no online poll is scientific in any way, but they can be interesting in the sense of which campaign tries hardest to win them (and is the most organized/determined to do so).
P.S. For my reviews of all these candidates, see the upper left corner of the page and click on the candidate(s) you’re interested in. Also note that this poll began prior to Derek Hyra’s announcement, so he was not included.



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