Virginia Republicans are trying to regroup at a profoundly low point. Some Republicans skipped the annual gathering this year, convinced that they will just have to wait out the Trump era. Dennis Free, 62, former chief deputy sheriff in Virginia Beach, said he thinks the party’s soul-searching will make it stronger. [Can a career GOP tactician navigate Trump and a civil war in his party and win in Virginia?] On Saturday, two key Trump allies — Mark Lloyd, Trump’s Virginia campaign director, and Mike Rubino, a senior adviser in the state — endorsed Freitas.

Source: Washington Post December 09, 2017 22:23 UTC