Last night Delegate Morgan Griffith issued a press release (see story/text here) entitled “9th District Legislators Declare Support for Griffith for Congress” announcing the support of Delegate Carrico, Senator Wampler,  Delegate Kilgore, Senator Smith, Delegate Crockett-Stark, Delegate Nutter, Delegate Morefield, and Delegate Poindexter.  Carrico, Kilgore, and Wampler had been rumored to be possible candidates for the nomination.  If they are throwing their support to Griffith, as it looks like in this press release, I think we can definitely rule them out as wanting to seek the office.

Further to add to the situation, the press release is ended with the text “PAID FOR BY MORGAN GRIFFITH FOR CONGRESS”

It looks like this is an “all but certain” race for Griffith now.  The filing deadline is March 1 so we should hear about his official papers being filed soon.

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