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Randy Forbes, a key US lawmaker on naval issues, <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">has been <\/span>was unseated in a local primary \u2014 a victim of <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">C<\/span>congressional redistricting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forbes, a Virginia Republican and the powerful chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee, had switched into a more favorable district\u00a0in the face of a new <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">C<\/span>congressional map. Forbes lost to Scott Taylor, a state delegate and former Navy SEAL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With nearly 89 percent of precincts reporting, Taylor had 52.88 percent of the vote to 40.18 percent for Forbes and 6.93 percent for Pat Cardwell, a Virginia Beach lawyer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/news\/virginia\/government-politics\/article_c9c09167-d8e8-5a94-8a4a-7bb16e13c8a5.html\">according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forbes, whose 4th District includes a portion of the Tidewater region that includes the US Navy\u2019s largest naval base and shipbuilding giant Huntington Ingalls,\u00a0switched to run in the 2nd District, based in Virginia Beach<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">,<\/span> after a three judge panel redrew his district as part of its effort to fix constitutional flaws with the 3rd District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 15-year lawmaker was dealt a setback recently when his plan to organize a congressional hearing aboard a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier and press for more Navy funding was scotched by the Pentagon. The embarrassment became part of the race when Taylor blasted the move as a political stunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Still, the episode underscored Forbes\u2019 advocacy for the\u00a0Navy, as it drew attention to an $848 million shortfall in its current operations and maintenance accounts. Forbes was among several lawmakers who<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">, last month, instead<\/span> toured the soon-to-deploy carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower last month. Forbes had also\u00a0pressed to add $2 billion to the Obama administration\u2019s naval budget request, and raise shipbuilding levels to $20 billion a year and beyond \u2014 numbers not seen since the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are not currently providing our Navy with the resources it needs to do what we ask,&#8221; Forbes said during the carrier visit. &#8220;At least not without burning out our ships and our planes and our sailors and undermining our long-term readiness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Forbes\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> on the campaign trail<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/news\/virginia\/government-politics\/article_c9c09167-d8e8-5a94-8a4a-7bb16e13c8a5.html\">touted<\/a> his seniority on the HASC as vital to defense-rich Hampton Roads on the campaign trail, Taylor hammered him as a political opportunist who abandoned his district to preserve his political career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With reporting by Christopher P. 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