Former Virginia lieutenant governor Don Beyer is poised to capture the Democratic nomination to succeed Rep. Jim Moran in Congress.

With about half of all precincts reporting in Virginia’s 8th Congressional District, Beyer has 43 percent of the vote to 21 percent for Del. Patrick Hope and 16 percent for state Sen. Adam Ebbin.

The four remaining active candidates — Mark Levine, Lavern Chatman, Bill Euille and Derek Hyra — each had between 1-8 percent of the vote.

Just past 7:40 p.m., via Twitter, Hope conceded the race.

“I just called @DonBeyerVA to congratulate him on his victory tonight,” Hope said. “Congratulations and I look forward to voting for him in November.”