Club for Growth Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Parkinson became the first Republican to declare in the 2024 Virginia Senate race Monday.
Parkinson, a longtime GOP fixture, will run against Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who is seeking a third term in the upper chamber.
Kaine won reelection by 16 points in 2018 and served as governor of the state from 2005 to 2009. He was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2016.
“Over the last three years, politicians like Tim Kaine and Joe Biden have ignored the middle class. Inflation has skyrocketed, parents have been locked out of classrooms, and crime rates remain at record highs,” Parkinson said in an announcement video posted to Vimeo. “Tim Kaine has run for office nine times and served in office for almost 30 years. He’s enabled all these liberal policies by voting with Bernie Sanders 94% of the time.”
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