Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase (Chesterfield), a Republican firebrand who has described herself as “Trump in heels,” will seek to challenge Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) in the 7th Congressional District, she announced Wednesday morning.
Chase, who most recently ran a failed bid for the Republican nomination for governor, became at least the seventh Republican seeking to unseat Spanberger in what is sure to be a brawl of a primary season in one of Virginia’s most competitive districts. The National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting the district hard, seeing it as key to helping Republicans retake the majority in the U.S. House after Spanberger was one of several Virginia Democrats to flip a red seat blue in 2018.
Chase has been known for provocative antics while serving in the state Senate since 2016, and for her unabashed support for former president Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud, at one point supporting Trump declaring martial law to prevent his removal from office. She gave a speech in Washington on Jan. 6 hours before the Capitol insurrection, and then was censured by a bipartisan majority in the state Senate for praising the rioters who breached the Capitol as “patriots.”
Chase, who came in third in the GOP gubernatorial convention and then stumped for Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) across the state, renewing her call for a “full forensic audit” of the 2020 election after Youngkin defeated Terry McAuliffe (D) though there has been no...
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