BULOVA WINS!!!!
Today was the special election to appoint our new Fairfax County Supervisor (an important position as both ex-congressman Tom Davis, and new congressman Gerry Connolly held the position previously) that will help show how the Republicans are doing in pushing turnout here in Northern Virginia, and will be a good gauge of each parties interest for the fall elections.
The candidates
Sharon Bulova - Democrat
Pat Herrity - Republican
Christopher DeCarlo - Independent
Carey Campbell -Independent Green (Kind of like a Republican for Rail)
For more background information, here is some info from the Washington Post with backgrounds and information about each candidate.
According to the Washington Post earlier this morning, the voter traffic was extremely light (less than 10%). As election information comes in I will highlight it in this section.
Let's all hope the Democrats can get the lead out !!!!!
Virginia's Great Board of Elections Site
Not Larry Sabato reports (I can't confirm) the following results at 7:33 pm.
SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS
Pat Herrity 01,864 (45%)
Sharon Bulova 02,243 (55%)
9 precincts (of 228) currently reporting
(Still waiting for main website to update)
Unofficial Results from Fairfax County
Still not getting anything from the Main Voting Website...NLS now reports at 7:43 pm:
SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS
Pat Herrity 05,706 (50%)
Sharon Bulova 05,607 (50%)
23 precincts (of 228) currently reporting
At 8:00 pm the current results from NLS show the following:
SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS
Pat Herrity 12,333 (50%)
Sharon Bulova 13,386 (50%)
56 precincts (of 228) currently reporting(about 21%)
At 8:08 pm the current results from NLS show the following:
SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS
Pat Herrity 13,691 (48%)
Sharon Bulova 15,077 (52%)
81 precincts (of 228) currently reporting
Looking at the Fairfax County (Unofficial) Results Page at 8:20 pm, the results are as follows:
Pat Herrity 18,891 (47.5%)
Sharon Bulova 20,766 (51.5%)
Carey Campbell 173 (.5%)
Christopher DeCarlo 282 (.5%)
95 precincts (of 228) currently reporting
At 8:25 pm the current results from NLS show the following:
SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS
Pat Herrity 20,240 (48%)
Sharon Bulova 22,062 (52%)
105 precincts (of 228) currently reporting
Looking at the Fairfax County (Unofficial) Results Page at 8:36 pm, the results are as follows:
Pat Herrity 31,385 (46.5%)
Sharon Bulova 33,826 (52.5%) (The Democrat)
Carey Campbell 264 (.5%)
Christopher DeCarlo 481 (.5%)
(h/t to Skaje) At 9:03 pm the current results from NLS show the following:
SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS
Pat Herrity 41,160 (49%)
Sharon Bulova 42,726 (51%)
192 precincts (of 228) currently reporting
As a teacher, I can safely say that I'm HAP-HAP-HAPPPPPY that we have Sharon Bulova leading our Government, good job Dems...not great though, we need to continue to work on our turn-out operations.