Joe Morrissey knocks off Sen. Rosalyn Dance in Democratic primary
Joe Morrissey, a former member of the House of Delegates and a controversial figure in local politics for decades, knocked off Sen. Rosalyn Dance, D-Petersburg, Tuesday in a primary fight for the Democratic nomination.
Morrissey trounced Dance 57% to 43% in the 16th District, which includes parts of the city of Richmond and Chesterfield, Prince George and Dinwiddie counties, and all of the cities of Petersburg and Hopewell.
Morrissey’s win was fueled by his support in Petersburg, a majority-black city where Morrissey’s message of fixing schools and roads secured 3,354 votes of his district-wide total of 8,739 with 100% in, according to unofficial returns.
“We took the battle to Petersburg,” Morrissey said at Plaza Mexico restaurant in Petersburg, where he celebrated his victory, surrounded by his wife, Myrna, and four young children, one whom yelled “Daddy, you won!”
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