Election Night Live Blog

Posted on November 6, 2007 by chrisgraham

24th Senate race - 74 of 75 precincts reporting
- Emmett Hanger (R) 23,515 votes (65.3 percent)
- David Cox (D) 9,658 votes (26.8 percent)
- Arin Sime (L) 2,797 votes (7.8 percent)

26th Senate race - 64 of 64 precincts reporting
- Mark Obenshain (R) - 25,279 votes (69.3 percent)
- Maxine Roles (D) - 11,120 votes (30.5 percent)

26th House race - 21 of 21 precincts reporting
- Matt Lohr (R) - 7,246 votes (66.5 percent)
- Carolyn Frank (D) - 3,492 votes (32.1 percent)

      

Augusta County Board of Supervisors
Beverley Manor District - 4 of 4 precincts reporting
- Jeremy Shifflett (R) 601 votes (50.63 percent)
- Lee Godfrey (D) 585 votes (49.28 percent)

North River District - 5 of 5 precincts reporting
- Larry Howdyshell (R) 1,000 votes (50.94 percent)
- Charles Curry (I) 961 votes (48.95 percent)

Pastures District - 6 of 6 precincts reporting
- Tracy Pyles (D) 1,036 votes (70.52 percent)
- Travis Smithdeal (R) 431 votes (29.33 percent)

Riverheads District - 5 of 5 precincts reporting
- Nancy Sorrells (I) 1,136 votes (53.99 percent)
- Michael Shull (R) 967 votes (45.96 percent)

  

Waynesboro referendum - 5 of 5 precincts reporting
Ballot Question #1 - Ballfield Improvements
- No  2,143 votes (65.89 percent)
- Yes  1,109 votes (34.10 percent)

Ballot Question #2 - Fire Substation
- Yes  1,899 votes (57.44 percent)
- No  1,407 votes (42.55 percent)

Ballot Question #3 - Library Improvements
- Yes  1,984 votes (60.03 percent)
- No  1,321 votes (39.96 percent)

Ballot Question #4 - Sidewalk Improvements
- No 1,969 votes (60.58 percent) 
- Yes 1,281 votes (39.41 percent) 

Ballot Question #5 - Stormwater Improvements
- Yes  2,275 votes (67.72 percent)
- No  1,084 votes (32.37 percent)

  

Rockingham County
Clerk of Circuit Court - 29 of 29 precincts reporting
- Chaz Evans-Haywood (R) - 3,957 votes (25.1 percent)
- Dianne Fulk (D) - 3,420 votes (21.7 percent)
- Brenda Huffman - 2,246 votes (14.2 percent)
- Mike Harvey - 1,801 votes (11.4 percent)
- Barry Koogler - 1,599 votes (10.1 percent)
- Doc Arey - 807 votes (5.1 percent)
- Scott Biller - 651 votes (4.1 percent)
- Cindy Fitzwater - 394 votes (2.5 percent)
- Myron Rhodes - 386 votes (2.4 percent)
- Sarah Jones - 290 votes (1.8 percent)
- Benny Neal - 189 votes (1.2 percent)

Commissioner of the Revenue - 29 of 29 precincts reporting
- Richard Connellee (R) - 7,968 votes (58.1 percent)
- Esther Nizer (D) - 5,709 votes (41.6 percent)

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12 Responses to “Election Night Live Blog”

  1. Jeff, on November 6th, 2007 at 8:44 pm Said:

    Any idea when we’ll see the final results on the 5 referendums?

  2. chrisgraham, on November 6th, 2007 at 9:06 pm Said:

    I would expect them within the next 10 minutes (8:15 or so).

  3. Jeff, on November 6th, 2007 at 9:17 pm Said:

    I’m surprised how close Riverheads District is. I thought Nancy would have a larger margin. This will go down to the wire.

  4. chrisgraham, on November 6th, 2007 at 9:20 pm Said:

    Looks like the races in the county are decided except for the absentees and provisionals all being accounted for.
    Close races were the order of the night.

  5. Jeff, on November 6th, 2007 at 9:24 pm Said:

    It looks like Beverly Manor is too close to call unless you’ve gotten updates you haven’t put on the website (any word on #5) - I need to get that water out of my backyard.

  6. chrisgraham, on November 6th, 2007 at 9:32 pm Said:

    The absentees appear to be in - though at 16 votes we might see a recount. I will note that the margin is not within the .5 percent margin that would call for an automatic recount - that is, if there were to be a recount, it would be the kind that the candidate would have to pay for.

  7. Jeff, on November 6th, 2007 at 9:33 pm Said:

    How much does that cost?

  8. Jeff, on November 6th, 2007 at 9:41 pm Said:

    How many precincts reporting on referendum? Are those final?

  9. chrisgraham, on November 6th, 2007 at 9:42 pm Said:

    Good question. I’d have to look that up. I would think it’s based on the size of the recount that would have to be done. For a single supervisor race, maybe not that much in the grand scheme - but on scale, probably not inexpensive for how much these level campaigns cost.

  10. chrisgraham, on November 6th, 2007 at 10:13 pm Said:

    Interesting mixed bag on the Waynesboro referendums. No votes on the ballfields and sidewalks, yes votes on the fire station, stormwater improvements and the library. The only surprise to me is the ballfields - and the surprise is that the people that I assumed would be activists there didn’t seem to care enough to raise awareness of their need leading up to the vote. Perhaps that said it as loud as it could be said that there wasn’t a need there as had been advertised.

  11. Jeff, on November 6th, 2007 at 11:38 pm Said:

    I thought the ballfields would get the most votes. I don’t know if it was a lack of ‘politicing’ from the baseball folks or the community didn’t simply see the need. Selfishly, I’m glad the stormwater went through.

  12. chrisgraham, on November 6th, 2007 at 11:48 pm Said:

    I wouldn’t call it a lack of politicking as much as a lack of getting their people to the polls. I don’t know that I value general politicking to the masses as much as I do GOTV efforts - and as visible as the library folks were with their signs around town, it had to do them better to get their people organized and out to the polls in a way that I didn’t ever sense the youth baseball and softball folks were willing or able to do.
    That said, turnout was a lot higher than I anticipated - it was comparable to the last city election in May 2006. I had thought that higher turnout would mean a greater likelihood of No winning the date up and down the ticket. I don’t know what to make of what we saw tonight just yet.

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