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Virginia State Sen. Amanda Chase, seeking the Republican nomination in the 12th Senate District, poses outside Bailey Bridge Middle School in Midlothian, Va, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Virginia voters are set to choose their party’s nominees in a primary election Tuesday, that features dozens of state legislative races, many of them hotly contested. (Margo Wagner/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Incumbent state Sen. Amanda Chase ousted in Virginia Republican primary election

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, addresses the Senate during the Senate reconvene session at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Chase said Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, she is ending her bid for Congress, citing the impact of redistricting on Virginia's legislative maps. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Conservative Va. state Sen. Amanda Chase ends bid for Congress

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Republican gubernatorial candidate State Sen. Amanda Chase, fills out her ballot during a drive through GOP Convention vote in Chesterfield, Va., Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Amanda Chase censure lawsuit tossed by judge

By Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 17, 2013, file photo, candidate for Governor of Virginia, Pete Snyder, center, gestures as he talks to delegates during the opening of the Virginia Republican convention in Richmond, Va. The GOP gubernatorial candidate will be chosen during the party's May 8 nominating convention. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

GOP governor race: Who’s in first depends on who’s in second

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Gun debate featured road-rage incident, brandished pistol

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Virginia State Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, right, leaves court with her attorney Tim Anderson during a break in a hearing to dismiss here lawsuit in Federal court in Richmond, Va., Thursday, April 1, 2021. . (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Judge weighing motion to dismiss Chase lawsuit over censure

By SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 2, 2021, photo, Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase and Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks from her desk at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va. The national Republican Party is at war with itself, struggling to reconcile a bitter divide between former President Donald Trump’s fierce loyalists and those who want Trumpism purged from their party. Chase is a polarizing state senator who seems to have won the hearts and minds of the Trump faithful with her fiercely anti-establishment, pro-gun positions and her embrace of the false notion that Trump is the legitimate winner of the November election. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly)

Judge dismisses Amanda Chase lawsuit over nominating contest

By SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 2, 2021, photo, Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase and Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks from her desk at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly) **FILE**

Amanda Chase sues Virginia Republican party over nominating convention plans

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

In this Feb. 2, 2021, photo, Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase and Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks from her desk at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va. The national Republican Party is at war with itself, struggling to reconcile a bitter divide between former President Donald Trump’s fierce loyalists and those who want Trumpism purged from their party. Chase is a polarizing state senator who seems to have won the hearts and minds of the Trump faithful with her fiercely anti-establishment, pro-gun positions and her embrace of the false notion that Trump is the legitimate winner of the November election. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly)

Chase sues Virginia GOP over gubernatorial convention plans

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, speaks vigorously against passage of SR91, the resolution censuring her during the floor session of the Virginia Senate inside the Science Museum in Richmond, Va. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Amanda Chase, Virginia Republican, sues over being censured

By Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, speaks vigorously against passage of SR91, the resolution censuring her during the floor session of the Virginia Senate inside the Science Museum in Richmond, Va. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase sues over being censured

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, packs up her computer as she prepares to leave during the floor session of the Virginia Senate inside the Science Museum in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. She had asked that the censure resolution against her be put off for another day after announcing that her mother-in-law had open-heart surgery. The Senate members agreed to put the vote off for a day. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Virginia Senate approves measure rebuking Amanda Chase

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

Va senator who defended Capitol rioters faces censure effort

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

Virginia Senate moves to censure lawmaker over Capitol riot

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 18, 2020 file photo, Virginia State Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, arrives in the temporary Senate chambers at the Science Museum of Virginia prior to the start of the Senate session at the facility in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) **FILE**

Virginia gubernatorial candidate faces Facebook restrictions

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 18, 2020 file photo, Virginia State Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, arrives in the temporary Senate chambers at the Science Museum of Virginia prior to the start of the Senate session at the facility in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) **FILE**

Va. Senate Democrats call for Amanda Chase to resign; Facebook suspends her account

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Chase changes course, will seek GOP nomination for governor

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Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, announces that she is running for governor of Virginia in 2021, during a press conference outside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Virginia Republican announces gubernatorial run

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, announces that she is running for governor of Virginia in 2021, during a press conference outside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Amanda Chase, Virginia Republican, running for governor to defend gun rights

By Alan Suderman - Associated Press

In this Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, file photo, actor Alec Baldwin speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party's fall gala, in Des Moines, Iowa. Baldwin, known for his mocking impersonations of President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" is coming to Virginia to help Democratic legislative candidates. Baldwin is set to knock on doors, make calls and deliver pizza to volunteers at multiple stops around Virginia on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Actor Alec Baldwin campaigns for Virginia Democrats

By Alan Suderman - Associated Press