Politics & Government
2016 Election Results: Here's How Arlington Voted
Arlington voted for Hillary Clinton in huge numbers, helping her take the state of Virginia.
ARLINGTON, VA — Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in a shocking upset in the presidential election on Nov. 8. Clinton did win the state of Virginia, thanks in no small part to Arlington County, which voted heavily in favor of her.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Hillary Clinton won 91,879 votes in Arlington (75.78 percent), whereas Donald Trump won 20,155 votes (16.62 percent).
Gary Johnson won 3,816 votes (3.2 percent), and Jill Stein received 908 votes (0.8 percent). Evan McMullin received 2,586 votes (2.1 percent).
There were a total of 1,897 write-in ballots cast in Arlington.
Meanwhile, Democrat Donald S. Beyer, Jr. cruised to a win in the House of Representatives in the 8th district of Virginia with help from 82,224 votes (70.2 percent) in Arlington to Republican Charles Hernick's 30,003 votes (25.63 percent). Independent candidate Julio Gracia received 4,507 votes (3.9 percent). There were 334 write-in votes.
Libby Garvey easily won reelection to the Arlington County Board with 70.1 percent of the vote (72,542 votes) to Audrey Clement's 27.8 percent (28,781 votes). There were 2,139 write-in votes.
Nancy Van Doren and Tannia Talento won both spots on the School Board easily as the only two candidates on the ballot. Van Doren scored 52.7 percent of the vote, while Talento got 44.84 percent.
Arlington voters rejected Amendment Question 1 62.8 to 37.2 percent, which would have turned Virginia into a Right to Work state. The measure failed statewide.
Arlington voters approved Amendment Question 2 80 to 20 percent, which exempts from taxation the property of the surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel who was killed in the line of duty. The measure passed by almost the exactly same margin statewide.
Arlington voters also approved all four bonds on the ballot, including funds for the Metro system, local parks and recreation, community infrastructure and public schools.
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