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Centreville Voting Results: Bond Referendum"No Brainer" for Voters, Incumbent Delegates Stick Around
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To some residents, the now-passed $250 million bond referendum on the ballot this Election Day is a must have for Fairfax County.
The money will go toward new school construction and renovating existing buildings in the Fairfax County Public Schools division.
"Bond referendums are no brainers," said Centreville resident Kevin J. Hickerson, an educator and vice president of the Fairfax Education Association.
The referendum is taking low-interest bonds that can be repaid overtime and using them to make renovations and build needed new buildings, Hickerson said while exiting Centre Ridge Elementary School where he and his wife voted Tuesday.
Fairfax County is behind on its renovation schedule, he added. Typically, work is done every 25 years; in Fairfax it's more like every 30 to 32 years, Hickerson said.
Education was also a topic he considered when deciding which politician would get his vote. He choose the candidates who were pro-education, such as gubernatorial candidate Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Hickerson said.
"McAuliffe is going to make sure funding is there for students in the commonwealth," he said.
Virginia Del. Tim Hugo, who represents the 40th District, has backed public education in the past and the Fairfax Education Association expects him to continue to do so, which is why the group endorsed him, Hickerson said.
Democrat Jerry Foltz opposed Hugo in this year's election, but managed to collect only 39 percent of the vote. Hugo, who was elected to the House of Delegates in 2002, got 60 percent of the vote on Tuesday.
Foltz was seen early Tuesday morning casting his vote—presumingly for himself—at Centreville High School. He stuck around to greet some of the 500 residents who'd voted by 9:30 a.m.
The Centreville High School Choir, hoping to cash in on the line of hungry voters, held a bake sale at the school on Tuesday.Elections officers at the high school said there had been a steady trickle all morning—not a swarm, but good numbers.
Parts of Centreville are in the 37th District which also covers Fairfax City and parts of the Fair Oaks area of Fairfax County.
Democratic incumbent David Bulova won re-election delegate to the 37th District in Tuesday's election.
Bulova defeated first-time Republican candidate Patrice Winter, a former Fairfax City councilwoman.
Some parts of Centreville are in the 67th District, represented by incumbent Republican Del. James M. "Jim" LeMunyon. He will continue to represent the district after his victory over Democrat Hung Q. Nguyen.
LeMunyon has been in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2009. LeMunyon got 54 percent of the vote on Tuesday while Nguyen received 45 percent.
The referendum is taking low-interest bonds that can be repaid overtime and using them to make renovations and build needed new buildings, Hickerson said while exiting Centre Ridge Elementary School where he and his wife voted Tuesday.
Fairfax County is behind on its renovation schedule, he added. Typically, work is done every 25 years; in Fairfax it's more like every 30 to 32 years, Hickerson said.
Education was also a topic he considered when deciding which politician would get his vote. He choose the candidates who were pro-education, such as gubernatorial candidate Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Hickerson said.
"McAuliffe is going to make sure funding is there for students in the commonwealth," he said.
Virginia Del. Tim Hugo, who represents the 40th District, has backed public education in the past and the Fairfax Education Association expects him to continue to do so, which is why the group endorsed him, Hickerson said.
Democrat Jerry Foltz opposed Hugo in this year's election, but managed to collect only 39 percent of the vote. Hugo, who was elected to the House of Delegates in 2002, got 60 percent of the vote on Tuesday.
Foltz was seen early Tuesday morning casting his vote—presumingly for himself—at Centreville High School. He stuck around to greet some of the 500 residents who'd voted by 9:30 a.m.
The Centreville High School Choir, hoping to cash in on the line of hungry voters, held a bake sale at the school on Tuesday.Elections officers at the high school said there had been a steady trickle all morning—not a swarm, but good numbers.
Parts of Centreville are in the 37th District which also covers Fairfax City and parts of the Fair Oaks area of Fairfax County.
Democratic incumbent David Bulova won re-election delegate to the 37th District in Tuesday's election.
Bulova defeated first-time Republican candidate Patrice Winter, a former Fairfax City councilwoman.
Some parts of Centreville are in the 67th District, represented by incumbent Republican Del. James M. "Jim" LeMunyon. He will continue to represent the district after his victory over Democrat Hung Q. Nguyen.
LeMunyon has been in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2009. LeMunyon got 54 percent of the vote on Tuesday while Nguyen received 45 percent.
- Check out this story for updates on the governor's race: Complete Results for Virginia Election 2013, Governor Race: We Have a Winner
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