Standing beside his successor, 27-year-old Democrat Christopher Dumler, longtime Albemarle County supervisor Lindsay Dorrier said Scottsville’s next representative has the "courage, energy, strength and will to be a great supervisor."
"Four years at a time," interjected Dumler with a grin.
With support from Dorrier, along with endorsements from the likes of the Daily Progress and Scottsville Weekly, Dumler took 54 percent of the popular vote, and lost only two precincts to Republican challenger Jim Norwood, including a two-vote loss in the Monticello precinct. "I’m going to find those two votes, and get them back," Dumler told White Hall supervisor Ann Mallek in the lobby of Vivace, where Albemarle and Charlottesville Democrats gathered to celebrate after the polls let out. Mallek won her district uncontested, with 3,127 votes and 85 lost to write-in candidates.
In 2007, Republican supervisor Ken Boyd bested challenger Marcia Joseph by fewer than 150 votes. This year, he improved on his margin, and finished more than 700 votes ahead of Democratic challenger Cynthia Neff. Boyd took each precinct, including Hollymead and its battleground Forest Lakes site—where, incidentally, 700 fewer voters turned out this year. More than 1,700 voters cast ballots in the Hollymead precinct for the 2007 contest; this year, 1,004 voters gave Boyd 56 percent of the vote.
"As for the Rivanna district, I’m excited we’ve won another race there," Boyd told supporters at the Monticello Comfort Inn after he was declared winner around 10:20pm. "I’m looking forward to another four years."
Moments later, Boyd’s cell phone rang. "It’s Rob Bell," said Boyd, referring to the 58th District delegate who appeared alongside Boyd in campaign materials. "I’ll call him back."
