Election Results

Voters on Tuesday decided a number of state and local races.
In the 25^th Senate District, Democrat Creigh Deeds defeated Republican T.J. Aldous, receiving approximately 64 percent of the vote. In the 22^nd Senate District, Republican Tom Garrett defeated Democrat Bert Dodson by more than 8,000 votes. In the 23^rd Senate District, Republican Steve Newman easily defeated Democrat Robert Short Sr. If Tuesday's results stand, the Senate will be split 20-20 between Republicans and Democrats, giving the GOP a working majority, since Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling holds the tie-breaking vote.
Republican Matt Fariss won the House seat from the 59^th District while independent Lacey Putney captured the House of Delegates seat from the 19^th District.
In Rockbridge County, Bucky Joyce was re-elected as Commonwealth's Attorney. Chris Blalock was elected Sheriff, Ronnie Campbell won the Board of Supervisors seat from the South River District, John Higgins took the seat from the Buffalo District and Betty Trovato was elected Treasurer. David Hinty ran unopposed for the Board of Supervisors seat from Natural Bridge.
In Buena Vista, Frankie Hogan was elected Mayor. It appears Margaret “ Sam “ Byers was the leading vote-getter for the School Board while Jane Armstrong, Lisa Clark and Steve Baldridge were elected to City Council.
In Glasgow, Sam Blackburn won the mayor’s job while Monica Dock and Ruby Ogden Clark took seats on the Town Council.
In Campbell County, Eddie Gunter Jr. won the Board of Supervisors seat from the Concord District, Steven Shockley took the seat from the Sunburst District, and James Borland won the seat from the Spring Hill District. Steve Hutcherson was the easy winner in the race for Sheriff.
In Bedford County, Bill Thomasson, Annie Pollard and Tammy Parker were the winners of seats on the Board of Supervisors. Julie Bennington and Kevin Willis took seats on the School Board and Mike Brown won the Sheriff’s race.

Robert Curd was the winner of the District 3 seat from the Amherst County Board of Supervisors.

In Appomattox County, Barry Letterman was elected Sheriff and Ronnie Spiggle won the Board of Supervisors seat from the Falling River District.

In Botetourt County, the winners of two seats on the Board of Supervisors were Billy Martin Sr. and Jack Leffel Jr.

Kevin Hall was elected Alleghany County Sheriff. Meanwhile, 62 percent of the voters in Covington and 55 percent of the voters in Alleghany County rejected a proposal to merge the two governments, to create the city of Alleghany Highlands.

Ben Cline launches re-election campaign

 GOP Delegate Ben Cline has officially launched his campaign for re-election to the House of Delegates seat from the 24^th District. Cline made campaign appearances on Tuesday in Buena Vista, Madison Heights and Stuarts Draft.

Cline has been in the House since 2002. He says he’s been focusing on improving the local economy in several areas, including infrastructure, instruction, and incentives.

The 24th House District includes the Cities of Lexington and Buena Vista, Bath and Rockbridge Counties, and parts of Amherst and Augusta Counties.

Cline, who was re-elected to his fifth term in 2009, is Chairman of the Joint Health Care Commission and a member of the House Commerce Committee, Public Safety Committee, Finance Committee, and Courts of Justice Committee.