Results of Local Elections
How well did my picks for the local elections fare? It was a mixed bag.
The State Board of Elections election results page has the details.
In the House of Delegates race, Rust (for whom I did not vote but is the lesser of two evils) won easily against Donahue (for whom I also did not vote).
The Fairfax County Clerk of Court race was very close, but it looks like my man Frey narrowly beat the astonishingly unappealing Evans (given how nasty Evans is, I can only assume the majority of those voting for him were voting for the ‘D’ by his name more than anything else).
The Commonwealth’s Attorney was wasn’t even close; my pick, McDade, lost 43/55. Maybe he should’ve run a grammar check on his campaign website after all…
The charlatan Gerry Connolly held onto the Chairman of Board of Supervisors easily, 59/35 against the Republican challener.
For the Board of Supervisors seat in my district, the incumbent Republican DuBois lost mightily to Foust, 46/53.
Steve Hunt, the iconoclast running for one of three at-large school board seats, came in fourth. Doh.
Not surprisingly, both bond issues passed overwhelmingly, including the school one (against), and the transportation one (for).
Overall the picture is bleak for Republicans in Virginia. I haven’t heard definitively but my sense is Republicans lost the General Assembly. However, there are some bright spots.
In the race of House of Delegates district 34, which is very near my home but not my district, the Republican Davis (wife of US rep Tom Davis) lost handily to Democratic challenger Chap Petersen, 45/54. This would be bad except Davis is what many conservatives would call a RINO, and has an appalling gun rights record, while Petersen is a strong RKBA defender. One assumes his victory in a liberal NoVA district is more due to the ‘D’ by his name than his somewhat conservative politics.
And finally, in the race for State Senate district 37, it appears that incumbent Ken Cuccinelli (R) narrowly beat challenger Janet S. Oleszek (D), 50/49, though I think a recount is in the offing. Cuccinelli is consistently conservative, so it’s horrifying that Oleszek, a candidate who would not give a straight answer to any debate question and whom even the WaPo found unappealing, would get so many votes. Clearly another case of anti-Republican backlash.
All in all, it could be worse, though I expect the bloodbath is not yet over.