Heading into the Virginia's Democratic primary, it was unclear among reporters, party insiders and political strategists what would happen in Northern Virginia.
Now it seems like it was not a question mark at all — Sen. Barack Obama routed Sen. Hillary Clinton throughout the region. An early hint came after MSNBC called the Virginia primary for Obama minutes after the polls closed.
A glimpse of the unofficial results from the Virginia State Board of Elections tells the rest of the story. With nearly every precinct counted, Obama won nearly 77,000 more votes in NOVA than Clinton.
Here are some of those results:
| ALEXANDRIA CITY | |
|---|---|
| Obama | 17,208 |
| Clinton | 9,269 | ARLINGTON COUNTY |
| Obama | 26,450 |
| Clinton | 15,258 | FAIRFAX CITY |
| Obama | 2,007 |
| Clinton | 1,466 | FAIRFAX COUNTY (229 0f 232 precincts) |
| Obama | 99,511 |
| Clinton | 63,415 | FALLS CHURCH |
| Obama | 1,853 |
| Clinton | 1,104 | LOUDOUN COUNTY |
| Obama | 21,271 |
| Clinton | 12,983 | MANASSAS |
| Obama | 2,011 |
| Clinton | 1,482 | MANASSAS PARK CITY |
| Obama | 502 |
| Clinton | 356 | PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY (71 of 73 precincts) |
| Obama | 25,354 |
| Clinton | 14,124 |
In Virginia's liberal/ progressive blogosphere, this seems like it will go down as a big win for Lowell Field, who endorsed Obama over at raisingkaine.com, and a loss for Ben Tribbet, who endorsed Clinton at notlarrysabato.com.
— Seth McLaughlin, Virginia reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (1)
It worries me that both Liberal & Republicans... Because I'm worry the only reason they voted for Obama is that they don't want Hillary to win... When it comes to the Presidential Election they won't vote or will vote Republican... Then the Republicans are back in office!!! Hillary already has more votes with out them to be McCain... That is what they are worried about... That is the way I feel about the whole thing... I have been voting for 52 years... If Obama wins the Primary I will not be voting... Because I do not feel he is ready to run for the office... I wonder how many others feel the same way???
Posted by Larry Kegel | February 17, 2008 9:17 PM