FREDERICKSBURG -- At the Vangie Williams campaign watch party in Jay’s Downtown Sports Lounge in Downtown Fredericksburg, tensions ran high as supporters, staff, and volunteers awaited the verdict of the first district congressional election.
“This is more exciting than all six of my daughters and marrying my husband, so that says a lot,” said Williams, a Democrat. “At least when you’re having a baby, you know what you’re going to get.”
Williams was a first-time politician running against 11-year incumbent Republican Rob Wittman. In the end, Wittman won the election with 55.22 percent of the votes.
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