Incumbent Cline sweeps to Republican 6th District Primary win

Incumbent Congressman Ben Cline defeated his Republican rival to secure the 6th District nomination for Congress.

With most precincts reporting, the margin of Cline’s victory was over 80%. Here are the numbers as of June 22, 2022.

Republican 6^th District Primary results:

Warren County with 13 of 14 precincts reporting: 

Ben Cline – 1,019 (80.49%); Merrit Hale – 247 (19.51%)

6^th District-wide, 303 of 324 precincts reporting:

Ben Cline – 19,573 (82.24%); Merrit Hale – 4,227 (17.76%)

 Incumbent 6^th District Congressman Cline’s office issued the following victory statement, Tuesday evening:

“I am so grateful to the Republican voters of Virginia’s Sixth District who have asked me to continue fighting for life, liberty, and the Constitution as their nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives this November. I want to thank the many volunteers who made calls, knocked doors, and worked polling locations for my campaign today.

With one political party having one state district primary, it was a fairly slow day at Warren County polling places, at least when we visited two mid-afternoon in midtown Front Royal.