Primary results are in, setting the ballot for November’s general election. In Charlottesville’s Democratic City Council primary, Vice Mayor Brian Pinkston was unseated by political newcomer Jen Fleisher.
The election was the city’s first ranked-choice-voting election, where voters were able to rank candidates in order of preference. To win a spot in the two-seat race, candidates needed to earn more than a third of the vote.
Fleisher and Mayor Juandiego Wade were elected in the first round, which only considers voters’ first-choice candidates. Fleisher received approximately 50.6 percent of first-choice votes, and Wade 35.9 percent. The two will advance to the November general election for City Council, in which they are currently the only candidates on the ballot.
In Albemarle County’s Jack Jouett District, Sally Duncan won the Democratic nomination for the Board of Supervisors seat over Dave Shreve, with about 61.9 percent of the vote.
Other primary-day highlights include Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones winning the Democratic nominations for lieutenant governor and attorney general, respectively.
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