Fairfax County voters head to polls to pick new state senator

compost ^ | 1/12/10 | lenny kravitz

[Ravi]

As expected, the slumping economy weighed heavily on voters. David Wilder, 56, of Burke said mounting job losses and, to a lesser degree, the debate over health care pushed him to vote for Hunt.

"It's the economy, it's the stimulus, it's health care, it's the way the system is being run," said Wilder, a physician.

[Ravi]

Harbinger of next Tuesday?

[edcoil]

OK, who is Hunt? Why are just county voters picking state senators is all of Virginia voting - I missed this I thought only Lass had special election this month.

[kabar]

This is purple if not blue district. Ken Cuccinelli won by about 100 votes last time. Ken won the Virginia AG race by more than 15% over his Dem opponent. The race will be close and be determined by turnout. Hunt's opponent, Marsden, is a sitting delegate. He does not live in the district, but he set up a phony residence so he could run.

It remains to be seen if last year's statewide races will have an impact on this contest. I consider Hunt to be the underdog. If he wins, it bodes well for us elsewhere.

[Ravi]

special election today for Cuccinelli’s seat. He won AG race in November. Election today to fill his seat.

[Thrownatbirth]

I'm on business travel this week; voted for Hunt absentee in December.

Any links to follow election results?

[Ravi]

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/eb/returns.htm

[Thrownatbirth]

Thanks, Ravi.

[BufordP]

Special election to replace Cuccinelli who won Attorney General for VA. VA 37th Senate district.

[deks]

Polls are open until 7:00 p.m.

The Virginia 37th Senate district consists of Chantilly, Centreville, Fairfax (in Fairfax County west and south of Fairfax City), Burke and West Springfield.

List of voting precincts here...
http://www.stevehunt.org/involved/voting.php

[deks]

425 people voted in my precinct. That’s a bit less than half of the turnout for the November Governor’s race.

[deks]

Results will be reported here...

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/eb/webreports/RESU0110.pdf

[HokieMom]

Thanks for the link. We’ll see who was paying attention, was able to organize, and turn out their voters.

[ConjunctionJunction]

Based on preliminary returns, looks like Marsden is in the lead. Hope Hunt gets more votes as more precincts report in.

[deks]

Steve Hunt with a bit over 47% with 12 of 39 precincts not reported yet.

[deks]

Steve Hunt trailing by only 311 votes with 5 precinct yet to report.

[steve-b]

8:36PM: 37 (of 40) precincts in; Marsden is up by 406.

[steve-b]

Current results link

[steve-b]

8:47PM: 38 (of 40) precincts in; Marsden is up by 368.

[deks]

Still a chance as Burke and Virginia run precincts could/should go to Hunt.

[steve-b]

By 70-30? That’s about what it would take to catch up with the last two precincts....