Alexandria Primary Election Winners: Northam, Gillespie

(Updated 10:56 p.m. Tuesday) ALEXANDRIA, VA — Alexandria voters largely voted for Ralph Northam and Ed Gillespie for governor with all 28 precincts reporting. Alexandria went 61 to 39 percent for Northam over Tom Perriello and 65 to 24 percent over Corey Stewart.

The Associated Press called the race for Democrat Ralph Northam around 8 p.m. and Gillespie just before 10:30 p.m.

Virginia held a statewide election the year after a presidential race. The results of the governor's race and other statewide races will be one of the first voter responses after the 2016 election of President Donald Trump.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe cannot serve consecutive terms according to Virginia law, so Northam and Perriello ran for the Democratic nomination. Gillespie, Stewart and Frank Wagner ran for the Republican nomination.

In addition to the governor candidates, Virginia voters also chose candidates for lieutenant governor. Justin Fairfax was declared the Democratic nominee, and Alexandria voted 46 percent for him. Jill Vogel won the Republican nomination and Alexandria with 60 percent.

All House of Delegates seats are up for election this year, but Alexandria's representatives are unopposed in the primary. Attorney General Mark Herring is also up for re-election but is unopposed in the primary.

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SEE ALSO: Virginia Primary Election Results 2017: Northam Vs. Gillespie For Governor

7 p.m. - Polls closed in Virginia.

4 p.m. - The City of Alexandria released a voter turnout update:

As of 4 p.m., 13.62 percent of active Alexandria voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary and 2.97 percent in the Republican primary.

3:45 p.m. - Voting precincts usually hang posters in polling places stating that campaigners must stay 40 feet away from the building entrance. The City of Alexandria took it a step further to specify this rule, layout out yellow do-not-cross tape.

3:00 p.m. - Alexandria voters largely voted for Hillary Clinton, and most voters Patch talked to at the City Hall voting precinct Tuesday afternoon said they were voted for Northam or Perriello. Northam had a slight edge among voters, although a few said they were torn.

Voter Laura Wood said," They were more or less the same." But she ended up voting for Northam because he has spent more time serving in Virginia (Perriello served in Congress and in the State Department).

Lew Biglow had similar thoughts. "It was kind of a hard choice. They were both good. [Northam] was a little better." He pauses, and says before driving away, "Anything but a Republican."

1 p.m. - The City of Alexandria released a voter turnout update. As of noon, 9.77 percent of active voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary and 2.11 percent in the Republican primary.

10 a.m. - The City of Alexandria released a voter turnout update. As of 10 a.m. 7.66 percent of active voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary and 1.55 percent in the Republican primary.

8:15 a.m. - Voters continue to trickle in at polling places in Northern Virginia.

6:30 a.m. - Democratic candidate Tom Perriello votes in Alexandria.

6 a.m. - Polls open in Virginia.

Democrats have the advantage in early voting, according to ballots counted a day before the election. As of June 12, the Department of Elections counted 23,774 Democratic and 12,016 Republican absentee ballots that have been returned.

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