Audit dispute triggers bitter feud between Va. Beach Republicans and district leaders

Infighting in Virginia Beach Republican Party leads to chair ousted in secret vote

Leaders of the Virginia GOP’s 2nd Congressional District Committee ousted Laura Hughes, chairwoman of the Virginia Beach Republican Party, late Wednesday night. The vote by secret ballot came after a four-hour meeting at the Chesapeake GOP office. Not all of the district committee members attended; instead five sent proxies to vote on their behalf, which drew criticism from more than 50 Hughes’ supporters who waited outside. The meeting was clos…

Audit dispute triggers bitter feud between Va. Beach Republicans and district leaders • Virginia Mercury

Virginia Beach, June 2021 (Photo by Sarah Vogelsong/Virginia Mercury)What started as a call for financial transparency has exploded into bitter infighting within the Republican Party of Virginia Beach, pitting local GOP chair Laura Hughes and her conservative grassroots allies against the leadership of the 2nd Congressional District GOP Committee — and, by extension, the party’s entrenched establishment wing.  With accusations of stonewalling, s…

Audit dispute triggers bitter feud between Va. Beach Republicans and district leaders

What started as a call for financial transparency has exploded into bitter infighting within the Republican Party of Virginia Beach, pitting local GOP chair Laura Hughes and her conservative grassroots allies against the leadership of the 2nd Congressional District GOP…

Virginia Beach GOP chair ousted in bitter party feud over control and transparency

In a dramatic late-night vote that capped more than a year of escalating infighting, the Republican Party’s 2nd Congressional District Committee voted Wednesday to remove Laura Hughes as chairwoman of the Virginia Beach GOP, accusing her of mismanagement and failing…