Virginia Republicans hope the conventional wisdom doesn’t apply in 2021

Conventions often produce the most ideologically rigid candidates, but in order to be competitive against a Democrat, Republicans are betting someone closer to the center emerges.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks at a press conference in January 2019, joined by state House Speaker Kirk Cox and state Sen. Amanda Chase. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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