Jennifer Wexton (D) is projected to keep Virginia's 1oth congressional seat, beating Republican challenger Hung Cao.
Wexton won with 53% of the vote. Loudoun County was the two-term congresswoman's stronghold, giving her the advantage she needed to win, nearly 24,000 more votes than Cao in the county. Wexton was a prosecutor in Loudoun County and represented its residents in the Virginia Senate before winning her congressional seat in 2018, flipping the seat long held by Republicans.
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Updated 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 9 -- Voters sent two incumbent Manassas City Council members back to serve a new four-year term.
Theresa Coates Ellis (R) and Ralph Smith (D) won two of three open seats on the City Council. Political newcomer Sonia Vasquez Luna (D) won the third City Council seat. A top fundraiser, Vasquez Luna raised $53,000 for the City Council race.
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Voters are steadily coming to the polls on this Election Day, Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
Issues like abortion, and the general direction in which the country is headed, are some of the most common issues voters are talking about in Manassas.
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The congressional candidates made their closing arguments in the 2022 campaign at events across the region on Monday, November 7, 2022.
First Lady Jill Biden joined Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D), who is hoping to hold onto Virginia's 1oth District seat, which she's had for four years. The First Lady joined Wexton for an event in Loudoun County.
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Abortion rights, inflation, crime, the "radicalization" of U.S. politicians and the survival of democracy itself were among the issues weighing heavily on the minds of some of the voters who cast their ballots on Saturday, Nov. 5 -- the last day of early voting before Tuesday's general election.
While standing in line to vote early at the Woodbridge DMV Saturday afternoon, Michael Leyva, 21, of Woodbridge, said the No. 1 issue on his mind this year is abortion rights, which is why he said he planned to vote for incumbent U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (D) over her Republican challenger Yesli Vega.
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Stop the tax madness. Vote for Rick Bookwalter, Theresa Coates Ellis, and Lynn Forkell Greene for Manassas City Council on Tuesday, November 8.
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Councilwomen Greene & Ellis encourage residents to vote for balance on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8. Together with Rick Bookwalter, they can bring balance to the city council and fight future tax increases.
Manassas City residents petitioned for car tax relief when a 4-2 vote left them overtaxed and underwhelmed with the current budget process. Councilwomen Lynn Forkell Greene and Theresa Coates Ellis voted no but were outnumbered in May.
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Tomorrow is Election Day across Virginia. Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
This year's big races in our area are congressional seats in Virginia's 7th District (Abigail Spanberger (D) / Yesli Vega (R) and in Virginia's 10th District (Jennifer Wexton (D) / Hung Cao (R).
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Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming publicly endorsed Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia on Saturday, saying the former CIA officer is "dedicated to serving this country and her constituents and defending our Constitution."
The cross-party endorsement, first reported by the Washington Post, came as Spanberger made her closing pitch on the final day of early voting in the swing district before the midterm elections on Tuesday.
