Gingrich stops trying to get on Virginia ballot

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich dropped his legal effort to get on Virginia’s primary ballot after failing to qualify for the state’s March 6 election.

Gingrich’s legal team informed the U.S. District Court in Richmond on Saturday that the former House Speaker was voluntarily dismissing the case. Virginia had already sent out absentee ballots to disabled and military voters and it was unlikely the judge would have interfered with that process.