Former Gov. George Allen is standing by Republican lieutenant governor nominee John Reid to remain on the GOP statewide ticket for elections in November, despite a public push by Gov. Glenn Youngkin for him to withdraw from the race.

Allen, who endorsed Reid long before he clinched the nomination last week, said Monday that it is “John’s choice,” whether to remain on the ticket after an escalating dispute with Youngkin over sexually explicit photographs of other men that the Republican governor alleged the GOP nominee had reposted on social media.

Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.