Primary day and predictions

2007 General Assemby races, Local, Politics, Virginia 2 Minutes

It’s Tuesday, June 12 and I urge all who have primaries in their areas to go out and vote. Here’s a recap of the races in Hampton Roads (my projected winners in bold, * = incumbent):

  • 1st Senate – Marty Williams* v Tricia Stall
  • 13th Senate – Fred Quayle* v Richard Ramsey
  • 13th Senate – Steve Heretick v David Bouchard
  • 79th House – Johnny Joannou* v Henry Light
  • 83th House – Carolyn Weems v Chris Stolle

Other races that I’ve followed across Virginia:

  • 9th Senate – Benny Lambert* v Don McEachin
  • 12th Senate – Walter Stosch* v Joe Blackburn
  • 24th Senate – Emmett Hanger* v Scott Sayre
  • Arlington Treasurer – Frank O’Leary* v Bob James

General Assembly races in which I have no idea who will win:

  • 22nd Senate – Ralph Smith v Brandon Bell
  • 27th Senate – Jill Holtzman Vogel v Mark Tate
  • 39th Senate – George Barker v Greg Galligan
  • 3rd House – Dan Bowling* v Mickey McGlothlin
  • 34th House – Rip Sullivan v Margie Vanderhye
  • 40th House – Morris Meyer v Rex Simmons
  • 72nd House – Jimmie Massie v Bill Subramaniam v Jimmy Wheat
  • 74th House – Joe Morrisey v Shirley Goodall v David Lambert v Jackie Jackson v Floyd Miles

Then there are a ton of local primary races. First the Democratic ones:

  • Franklin/Southampton Clerk of Court – Rick Francis v Taylor Williams
  • Dickenson Commonwealth’s Attorney – Eddie Monahan v Joe Short*
  • Board of Supervisors:
    • Chesterfield – Bill Hastins v Donald Wilms
    • Dickenson district I – Paul Buchanan* v Donnie Rife
    • Dickenson district IV – Franklin Sykes v Richard Thacker v Gene Counts*
    • Fairfax Providence – Linda Smyth* v Charlie Hall
    • Prince Edwards district 8 – Stanley Jones v Mattie Wiley
    • Prince William Woodbridge district – Frank Principi v George Delimba
  • Sheriff:
    • Caroline – Frank Cecil v Homer Johnson
    • Prince Edward – Travis Harris* v Andy Ellington
  • Prince Edward treasurer – Mable Shanaberger* v Pattie Cooper-Jones

Then we have the Republican primary races:

  • Chesterfield Clerk of Court – Judy Worthington* v Dennis Collins
  • Hanover Commonwealth’s Attorney – Trip Chalkley v Kirby Porter* v Rusty McGuire
  • Board of Supervisors:
    • Chesterfield Bermuda district – Jack Wilson v Dorothy Jaeckle
    • Fairfax Springfield district – Stan Reid v Pat Herrity
    • Fauquier Center district – Richard Robison* v Terrence Nyhous
    • Fauquier Scott district – Chuck Medvitz v Holder Trumbo
    • Prince William Dumfries district – Maureen Caddigan* v Charles Brewer
    • York district 1 – Bobby Andrade v Walter Zaremba*
    • York district 3 – Chad Green v Adam Hankins
  • Sheriff:
    • Chesterfield – Dennis Proffitt* v Garland Stafford V Robert Poland
    • Manassas, Manassas Park, Prince William – Glendell Hill* v Michael Messier v James Fotis
    • Stafford – Robert Gibbons v Laura Rudy

Whew! That’s a lot of races. By my count, 90 people are involved in primary races throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Personally, I appreciate the willingness of folks to offer themselves for public service. Tomorrow, more than half of these folks will be disappointed but we should applaud them all for putting themselves out there.

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8 thoughts on “Primary day and predictions”

  2. Oh but it is. Sorry VAB.

    You’re picking Joannou over Light, eh? Hope you’re wrong, we’ll see by the end of the evening.

  4. Well, I jumped in my van bright and early this morning to go do my civiv duty and vote for Henry Light. Low and behold – my usual polling place was closed… Not a sign – nada – telling me where the new polling place was! Stopped and asked six people in the community and they didn’t know – evidence that they were not intending to vote…

    Went back home, opened the newspaper – no polling place locations published… BUT there WAS a web page where you could go and find your polling place.

    It was
    “www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/voter_information/where_do_i_vote/polling_place_lookup_request.asp”.

    Ain’t this some BS? Glad I didn’t have to pronounce that. Can you believe that one has to type all this in your web browser just to find your polling place??? After a couple of tries I finally did get it typed in correctly and went there.

    Went there and the place was like a morgue. I did my civic duty and now I find that Vivian has picked Joannou over Light… Should have stayed in bed …

  5. Was #35, at 4pm, in what I am pretty sure is Bob James’ polling station. I suspect that a challenger would have to generate more of a turnout to have a chance.

  7. oops you were wrong on Marty Williams and Emmet Hanger. Looks like the days of liberal, tax-raising turncoat Republicans in Name Only is coming to an end. Even Walter Stosch only got in by the skin of his teeth.

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