Henrico Republicans set canvass for Brookland supervisor nomination
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Henrico Republicans have set the date and method for selecting their nominee for the Brookland District seat on the Henrico Board of Supervisors.
The organization will host a canvass Thursday, Aug. 16, from noon to 7 p.m. at a location yet to be determined. Party officials made the determination during a meeting July 18.
Brookland District School Board member Bev Cocke (an employee of Henrico Citizen parent company T3 Media, LLC) and RMC Events president Dan Schmitt (who also serves as president of the Glen Allen Athletic Association) are the only two candidates who have announced plans to seek the nomination.
The party plans to announce the location of the canvass soon.
Eligible Brookland District voters who pledge to support the party's nominee in the Nov. 6 special election will be permitted to cast ballots Aug. 16.
Henrico Democrats will select their nominee for the seat during an assembled caucus Aug. 11 at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen from 10 a.m. to noon. Voters in that election will take a similar pledge to support the Democratic nominee.
The two candidates who have announced for that nomination are Danny Plaugher, the executive director of Virginians for High Speed Rail, and pastor Justin D. House, the chairman of the Henrico Too Smart to Start Coalition.
The winner of the Nov. 6 election will serve the final 13 months of a four-year term originally won in 2015 by longtime Brookland Supervisor Dick Glover (who died in February 2017) and then held for just more than seven months by Democrat Courtney Lynch (who resigned June 30).
