Fairfax always does that. The VA legislature should withhold all vote tallies until everyone has counted.
There is no way Gillespie finds 12k votes. Warner probably has another ballot box squirreled away somewhere
Next time, all precincts should wait for Fairfax to report first. Same with Cook county in IL
Normally, I would be rather suspicious. The fact that Gillespie was even in this race speaks volumes to the dissatisfaction of the Dems. The last votes counted were from a heavily Dem district. Warner has got to take notice... though it will likely not happen for 5 1/2 years.
Would have been nice if he could have pulled it out, but I’m sure the Virginia democrat machine made sure there was no chance of that happening. I guess it was a race that was never suppose to have been close anyway so winning would have just been “gravy” on an already great election night...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3223841/posts
(Hat tip to boycott)
That is pretty typical of Fairfax County. They always hold their results until all the others are in. Being a Dem. stronghold of Govt. employees, I am not surprised by the results. Gillespie should be proud that he did as well as he did. I would have liked to see more of those Redskin Ads., but that is Monday morning Quarterbacking. Never expected him to win, but he should be proud he did that well.
This would have been a remarkable upset. Much bigger than NC or the others. Too bad. Gillespie made a hell of a run at it.
Ed sure could have used those 50,000+ votes the Liberterian candidate siphoned off.
This close race probably blunts the idea of Mark Warner making a Presidential bid. If he only barely scrapes by in a DEM state, how do his nationwide prospects look?
So for that reason Gillespie did us all a huge favor.
Gillespie wants to run for governor. He really didn’t expect to beat Warner. It looks like a Gillespie vs Obenshain primary in 2017.
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Ed Gillespie Calls A News Conference
Ed Gillespie has called a news conference for today. It's believed the Republican will concede the U.S. Senate race to Mark Warner, the incumbent... SNIP.
Set for 1 p.m.
As a resident of Fairfax county, this is so frustrating!
Sounds like it’s time for the VA legislature to play ‘election fraud nullification’.
This isn’t Fairfax County that is the problem, it is Virginia Beach. We used to win it by 20 points, which offset Fairyfax. McCain lost Virginia Beach, Romney won it by less than 3%, Gillespie won it by 7%. It seems to be swinging back in the right direction, but we have to run up bigger margins here (add Chesapeake and Chesterfield to the list) to win the state.
Now that Virginia has photo ID, cheating is more difficult for the Dems which is why this race is so close. The Dems now must count on “malfunctioning” electronic voting machines to make it happen. The Scantron machine Fairfax County uses now gives the voter no confirmation that it registered the correct vote.
When I submitted votes, I'd make it so we won by one single vote, every time.
Just to send a real "In Yer Face, YEAH We Cheated, **** You," message.
VA counties have an “absentee votes precinct” that usually is much larger than regular precincts because it encompasses absentee votes from the entire county. If one Fairfax County precinct indeed gave Warner a huge boost, it likely was the absentee votes precinct.
Thanks, losertarians and “mavericks,” for casting 53,300 for the weasely little POS Sarvis. You did your part in putting Warner over the top.
F*** you very much.