Dave LaRock, a conservative former delegate from Loudoun County who lost a 2023 primary for state Senate, has filed paperwork to run for governor, challenging Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears for the GOP nomination.

LaRock, touting himself as a “Pro-Trump candidate for Governor of Virginia,” says his priorities include establishing a Virginia Department of Government Efficiency based on billionaire Elon Musk’s effort to cut the federal government.

Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.