Obama and Kaine win every precinct in Mason District
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| Rep. Connolly delivers an acceptance speech in Tysons Corner last night |
President Obama won in every single precinct in the Mason District yesterday, which contributed to Obama’s overall win in Fairfax County and ultimately, Virginia, a key battleground state that helped tip the balance in the hard-fought election. According to the Virginia State Board of Elections, Overall results in Fairfax County were 59.1 percent for Obama and 39.45 percent for Romney.
Mason precincts where Obama did best were Skyline (where the incumbent got 78.3 percent), Holmes (74.4 percent), Willston (73.4) percent, and Glen Forest (70.4 percent).
Connolly thanked his supporters at an election night watch party in Tyson’s Corner, telling them voters “made a clear choice. They voted for pragmatism over ideology. They voted for investing in America’s future in education, R&D, and in infrastructure, rejecting the mindless cant that government does nothing well and all spending is the same.”
“Our voters asserted the value that women have the right to decide their own reproductive choices without government restriction,” Connolly said. “And they further reinforced their collective value that Medicare and Social Security are inviolable social contracts—promises made to our seniors—promises that must be kept.”
Voters also sent a message about politics, he said. “They want more functional government” and “don’t want more rabid, partisan rhetoric as a substitute for real solutions to real problems.”
(Question 1) passed easily statewide with 74.6 percent voting “yes.” In Fairfax
County, 62.6 percent of voters supported Question 1. Only one Mason precinct,
Skyline, had a majority of “no” votes.
percent for storm drainage improvements, 74.6 percent for public safety
facilities, 72.1 percent for parks, and 70.1 percent for libraries.
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According to Fairfax County Supervisor Sharon Bulova, the last vote in Fairfax County was cast at 10:30 p.m. at the Skyline precinct in Bailey’s Crossroads, which means voters in line by 7 p.m. had to wait three and a half hours. Many voters throughout the day had to wait in long lines for an hour or more.
Bulova plans to offer a proposal at the next Board of Supervisors meeting to establish a bipartisan commission to make recommendations on improving the election process. “While all together the day went well, I think it would be beneficial to examine what lessons we can learn to reduce long waits and make things run more smoothly,” she said.