In a “Call for a Legislative District Mass Meeting of the 53rd House District,” the chair of the Republican Party’s 53rd Virginia Delegate District, Falls Church’s Brad Tidwell announced this week a May 16 caucus to select the party’s nominee to run against incumbent Democratic Del. Marcus Simon. A non-refundable filing fee of $700 and petitions with signatures of 250 registered voters in the district must be filed by May 8 to qualify for candidacy.

The announcement cites that “the mass meeting will be cancelled if no qualified person files by the May 8 deadline.”