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GOP Rep. Randy Forbes lost his primary Tuesday night, marking the second time in two weeks that redistricting played a role in felling a Republican House member.

State Del. Scott Taylor had 53 percent of the vote to Forbes' 41 percent when The Associated Press called the Republican primary with 78 percent of precincts reporting in Virginia's 2nd District.

Forbes currently represents Virginia's 4th District, but he decided to run for reelection in the Virginia Beach-based 2nd District after court-ordered redistricting made his old seat heavily Democratic. Republican Rep. Scott Rigell left the 2nd District open when he retired, and Forbes campaigned there on his clout on military issues, including a powerful naval subcommittee chairmanship, which Forbes argued would help him boost the region's military economy.

Taylor, a former Navy SEAL and current state delegate, was outspent by Forbes during the primary. But he painted Forbes as both a Washington insider and a 2nd District outsider while running a campaign based on face-to-face meetings and social media.


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