Prince William Republicans Hold onto Gen. Assembly Seats

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Sen. Dick Black at the opening of the Haymarket-Gainesville Community Library in October. Sen. Dick Black at the opening of the Haymarket-Gainesville Community Library in October shown with Dr. Connie Gilman.

In Prince William County, most Republicans were able to retain most of their seats in the Virginia General Assembly.

Prince William Republicans are notorious for voting their strongly held biblical convictions. This is especially true of Del. Bob Marshall (R-13th) and Sen. Dick Black (R-.13th).

Opponents Jill McCabe and Don Shaw tried to use those extreme stances against Marshall and Black in advertising, alleging they are also anti-woman, but Democrats still came up short on the votes needed to unseat the conservative statement.

This is bad news for Democrats, and really anyone who values progressive social issues such LGBT and women’s reproductive rights.

But, beyond adhering their Christian values, Black and Marshall have proven strong on property rights issues, fighting the utilities and VDOT to protect people’s homes and way of life.

The Republican stronghold in the Senate also signals that Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, will have little chance of increasing gun control in the Commonwealth or expanding healthcare coverage.

The Republicans are also not afraid to tell VDOT no when they want to build a road or tax a road that does not benefit Prince William residents.

One good piece of news for Democrats is that Jeremy McPike beat former Manassas Mayor Hal Parrish (R) in the 29th Senate district. This allows Sen. Chuck Colgan’s seat to be retained by a Democrat. And, McPike won despite amped up advertising from the Parrish campaign.

Along with McPike, another piece of good news for Democrats is that Sara Townsend beat Del. Scott Lingamfelter in the 31st district

In comparison to some of the aforementioned races, the Jackson Miller v. Kyle McCollough campaign in the 29th district was relatively quiet, yet Miller emerged the victor. Miller said he would fight against tolls along I-66.

Here are the numbers.

Senate of Virginia

13th District

Jill McCabe (D) 43.4%

Richard H. “Dick” Black (R) 56.35%

Write in 0.25%

29th District

Jeremy S. McPike (D) 57.91%

Harry J. “Hal” Parrish II (R) 41.89%

Write in .2%

28th

Richard H. Stuart (R) 95.53%

Write in 4.47%

36th

Scott A. Surovell (D) 56.64%

Gerald M. Foreman II (R) 43.14%

Write in 0.23%

39th

George Lincoln Barker (D) 47.8%

Joseph R. Murray (R) 52%

Write in 0.21%

House of Delegates

50th

Kyle B. McCullough (D) 42.52%

Jackson Hunter Miller (R) 57.35%

Write in 0.12%

13th District

Donald B. Shaw II (D) 43.07%

Robert G. “Bob” Marshall (R) 56.81%

Write in 0.13%

51st

Richard L. Anderson (R) 93.89%

Write in 6.11%

40th

Jerry L. Foltz (D) 27.14%

Timothy D. “Tim” Hugo (R) 72.45%

Write in 0.41%

87th

John J. Bell (D) 35.65%

Chuong D. Nguyen (R) 62.16%

Brian T. Suojanen (L) 2.15%

Write in 0.04%

2nd

Joshua L. King (D) 64.71%

Mark Dudenhefer (R) 35.09%

Write in 0.2%

31st

Sara E. Townsend (D) 52.6%

Scott Lingamfelter (R) 47.3%

Write in 0.1%

52nd

Luke E. Torian 95.42%

Write in 4.58%

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