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2013 Republican Party of Virginia convention
The '''2013 Republican Party of Virginia convention''' was the process by which the [[Republican Party of Virginia]] selected its nominees for the offices [[Governor of Virginia|Governor]], [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia|Lieutenant Governor]], and [[Attorney General of Virginia|Attorney General]] for the [[Virginia elections, 2013|2013 general election]] in November. The convention was held on May 17 and 18, 2013, in the state capital of [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] at th(contracted; show full)

====Speculation and field====
After the 2011 elections, there was much speculation as to who the nominee for the office would be, since Bolling was vacating the seat.<ref name="WPhopefuls">
[{{Cite web |url=https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-11-16/local/35281522_1_lieutenant-governor-republican-candidates-virginia-republicans |title=Corey Stewart, Keith Fimian among hopefuls weighing 2013 run for Va. lieutenant governor] |access-date=2020-07-07 |archive-date=2013-06-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630135527/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-11-16/local/35281522_1_lieutenant-governor-republican-candidates-virginia-republicans |url-status=dead }}</ref> Potential candidates who considered bids but did not run included Mark Obenshain, former GOP congressional nominee [[Keith Fimian]], and state Sen. [[Jeff McWaters]].<ref name="WPhopefuls"/> Obenshain ended up running for attorney general; Fimian began raising money but decided not to run for the sake of his family;<ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20121127132448/http://www.coreystewart.com/2012/04/10/stewart-to-run-for-lieutenant-governor/ Stewart to run for lieute(contracted; show full)
==References==
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[[Category:2013 Virginia elections]]
[[Category:Political party assemblies]]<noinclude>

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