UPDATE: With 307 of the Fifth Congressional District’s 309 precincts reporting, Virginia Senator Robert Hurt handily won the GOP nomination in today’s seven-candidate primary, and will face incumbent Democrat Tom Perriello in November. Hurt won more than 48 percent of votes; the runner-up, Jim McKelvey, nabbed 25 percent, while Albemarle County Supervisor Ken Boyd finished fourth with 7.4 percent of votes.
And, while Hurt also claimed a 194-vote victory in Charlottesville precincts, Boyd showed his popularity in Albemarle County, where he beat out his six opponents with more than 33 percent of the vote. Check back tomorrow for more.
As of 4pm, polling stations in Albemarle County counted 3,280 votes cast in the Fifth District GOP primary—the seven-candidate showdown to choose incumbent Democrat Tom Perriello’s opposition in the November Congressional elections. The number equates to 5.63 percent of registered voters in the county.
It was a slightly different scene at a few polling stations in the City of Charlottesville. Nine hours after polls first opened, only 18 voters in the Tonsler Precinct had voted. Ernie Reed told C-VILLE that the number—an average of two votes per hour—represents less than one percent of the precinct’s registered voters, and that the day was fairly uneventful.
The Herman Key Recreation Center, one of the largest precincts in the city, saw a bit more action, according to Charlottesville police officer Harvey Finkel. The percentage of registered voters topped two percent, with 93 city residents casting votes.
Check back later for more info on the Fifth District primary.
