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Elections in Virginia |
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During the 2018 election year in Virginia several local, state, and federal elections were held. On May 1, several of Virginia's cities and towns held mayoral, city council, and school board elections. Primary elections for Congress were held on June 12.
The general election was on November 6, 2018, for all 11 of Virginia's House of Representative seats, as well as the Class 1 Senate seat. 2018 Virginia's 8th House of Delegates district special election was also held that day. The seat, being vacated by Greg Habeeb, was sought by Republican Roanoke County Supervisor Joe McNamara and Radford University associate director Democrat Carter Turner. [1]
Special elections were held on January 16 for Chilhowie town council, on February 6 for Leesburg town council, and on July 24 for Isle of Wight County sheriff. [2]
On November 6, Virginians re-elected their Class 1 senator Tim Kaine, to serve from 2019 until 2025. He was challenged by Republican Corey Stewart and Libertarian Matt Waters. The Commonwealth's Green and Constitution parties did not run candidates.
2018 United States Senate election in Virginia | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
Democratic | Tim Kaine (incumbent) | 1,910,370 | 57.0% | |
Republican | Corey Stewart | 1,374,313 | 41.0% | |
Libertarian | Matt Waters | 61,565 | 1.84% | |
Independent (Write-in) | - | 5,125 | 0.15% | |
Totals | 3,351,373 | |||
Voter turnout (voting age population) | ||||
Source: [3] |
Virginians elected their representatives who served from 2019 until 2021. Nine of the 11 incumbent Representatives ran for re-election. The Republican Party were defending seven seats, five of which were incumbents, and the Democratic Party were defending four seats, all of whom were incumbents. Ten of the 11 districts featured at least two candidates running, while three districts had third party candidates running.
United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2018 [4] | ||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats before | Seats after | +/– | |
Democratic | 1,867,061 | 56.36% | 4 | 7 | +3 | |
Republican | 1,408,701 | 42.52% | 7 | 4 | -3 | |
Libertarian | 13,995 | 0.42% | 0 | 0 | - | |
Independents/Write-In | 23,157 | 0.70% | 0 | 0 | - | |
Totals | 3,312,914 | 100.00% | 11 | 11 | — |
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia by district: [5]
District | Democratic | Republican | Others | Total | Result | ||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
District 1 | 148,464 | 44.70% | 183,250 | 55.18% | 387 | 0.12% | 332,101 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
District 2 | 139,571 | 51.05% | 133,458 | 48.81% | 371 | 0.14% | 273,400 | 100.0% | Democratic gain |
District 3 | 198,615 | 91.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 19,107 | 8.78% | 217,722 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
District 4 | 187,642 | 62.58% | 107,706 | 35.92% | 4,506 | 1.50% | 299,854 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
District 5 | 145,040 | 46.65% | 165,339 | 53.18% | 547 | 0.18% | 310,926 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
District 6 | 113,133 | 40.21% | 167,957 | 59.69% | 287 | 0.10% | 281,377 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
District 7 | 176,079 | 50.34% | 169,295 | 48.40% | 4,429 | 1.27% | 349,803 | 100.0% | Democratic gain |
District 8 | 247,137 | 76.10% | 76,899 | 23.68% | 712 | 0.22% | 324,748 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
District 9 | 85,833 | 34.75% | 160,933 | 65.16% | 214 | 0.09% | 246,980 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
District 10 | 206,356 | 56.11% | 160,841 | 43.73% | 598 | 0.16% | 367,795 | 100.0% | Democratic gain |
District 11 | 219,191 | 71.11% | 83,023 | 26.93% | 6,036 | 1.96% | 308,250 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
Total | 1,867,061 | 56.36% | 1,408,701 | 42.52% | 37,194 | 1.12% | 3,312,956 | 100.0% |
There were two state constitutional amendments on the ballot. Both proposed ballot amendments received nearly universal, bipartisan support in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate.
Amendment 1 reads: "Should a county, city, or town be authorized to provide a partial tax exemption for real property that is subject to recurrent flooding, if flooding resiliency improvements have been made on the property?"
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 2,305,867 | 70.73 |
No | 954,252 | 29.27 |
Total votes | 3,260,119 | 100.00 |
Source: |
Amendment 2 reads: "Shall the real property tax exemption for a primary residence that is currently provided to the surviving spouses of veterans who had a one hundred percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability be amended to allow the surviving spouse to move to a different primary residence and still claim the exemption?"
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 2,755,941 | 84.37 |
No | 510,399 | 15.63 |
Total votes | 3,266,340 | 100.00 |
Source: |
The following towns in Virginia held mayoral elections. Most mayoral elections were held on May 1, 2018. [6] City elections in Virginia are officially nonpartisan; parties are only shown if their affiliated party is known.
Town | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Fairfax [7] | Independent | David L. Meyer | Won | Independent | David L. Meyer | 2,167 | 94.48% | ||
Write-in | Write-in | 153 | 5.52% | ||||||
Franklin [8] | Nonpartisan | Frank Rabil | Won | Nonpartisan | Frank Rabil | 821 | 76.59% | ||
Write-in | Write-in | 251 | 23.41% | ||||||
Newport News [9] | Democratic | McKinley L. Price | Won | Democratic | McKinley L. Price | 9,399 | 55.61% | ||
Democratic | Santiel Creekmore | 921 | 5.45% | ||||||
Green | Dominique Green | 2,017 | 11.93% | ||||||
Democratic | Marcellus Harris III | 4,501 | 26.63% | ||||||
Write-in | Write-in | 63 | 0.38% | ||||||
Radford [10] | Republican | Bruce Brown | Retiring | Democratic | David Horton | 1,402 | 53.82% | ||
Republican | Keith Marshall | 1,198 | 45.99% | ||||||
Write-in | Write-in | 5 | 0.19% |
The following towns in Virginia held mayoral elections. Most mayoral elections were held on May 1, 2018. [6] Town elections in Virginia are officially nonpartisan; parties are only shown if their affiliated party is known.
Town | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Accomac [11] | Nonpartisan | Richard Wallace | Won | Nonpartisan | Richard Wallace | 21 | 84.00% | ||
Write-in | Write-in | 4 | 16.00% | ||||||
Appomattox [12] | Nonpartisan | Paul D. Harvey | Won | Nonpartisan | Paul D. Harvey | 65 | 100% | ||
Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0% | ||||||
Belle Haven [13] | Nonpartisan | Marion F. Long | Retiring | Nonpartisan | George H. Ludlow Jr. | 36 | 94.74% | ||
Write-in | Write-in | 2 | 5.26% | ||||||
Blackstone [14] | Nonpartisan | Billy Coleburn | Won | Nonpartisan | Billy Coleburn | 458 | 71.90% | ||
Nonpartisan | Carolyn Davis | 179 | 28.10% | ||||||
Boydton [15] | Nonpartisan | Tommy Coleman [16] | Won | Nonpartisan | Johnny Kirkland | 62 | 96.88% | ||
Write-in | Write-in | 2 | 3.13% | ||||||
Boykins [17] | Nonpartisan | R. Spier Edwards Jr. [18] | Lost | Nonpartisan | Danny Ray Bolton | 57 | 39.31% | ||
Nonpartisan | R. Spier Edwards Jr. | 47 | 32.41% | ||||||
Nonpartisan | Jerry Rice | 41 | 28.28% | ||||||
Cape Charles [19] | Nonpartisan | George Proto [20] | Retired | Nonpartisan | Smitty Dize Jr. | 269 | 67.59% | ||
Nonpartisan | Terry G. Carney | 128 | 32.16% | ||||||
Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 0.25% |
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