Fairfax City VA Election Results: Voters Go To The Polls

FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Fairfax City residents went to the polls Tuesday in their final chance to cast their vote in a number of races. Mail-in-ballots must be dropped off or mailed by the end of Tuesday.

This year, Fairfax City residents voted for president and vice president, U.S. senator and U.S. house member. Residents also voted on two amendments to the Virginia Constitution.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is the projected winner in Virginia, as called by the Associated Press at 7:36 p.m.

Immediately after polls closed, the Associated Press called the U.S. Senate race in Virginia for Mark Warner. The senior senator won a third term by defeating Republican challenger Daniel Gade. Warner, is a former businessman who served as Virginia governor from 2002 to 2006, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008 and won re-election in 2014. Gade is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and amputee who now serves as an American University professor.

Amid concerns about possible exposure to the new coronavirus, many Fairfax City voters have already cast absentee ballots or voted at the in-person voting site in the city.

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In the 11th Congressional District, Rep. Gerard Connolly (D) is running for re-election against Manga Anantatmula (R).

Connolly, in a letter to constituents, noted that two areas that have been left unaddressed by Congress are aid to state and local governments and saving the postal service. "As a former chairman of Fairfax County, I’m especially cognizant of the needs of local governments," Connolly said.

Connolly said he has a call with leaders from local government in the 11th District to hear first-hand about the problems they are facing. "They’re not only facing massive unexpected direct costs from treating coronavirus, but are seeing their own tax bases utterly decimated," he said. "Failing to shore up state and local governments finances now will lead to unnecessary budget cuts, job losses, and a deeper recession."

On her website, Anantatmula said she has refused to take any government assistance for her son while he was growing up even though the Fairfax County Public School offered free lunch during his school days. "My husband and I worked hard to pull ourselves up," she said. "We believe in individual responsibility, self-reliance, and hard work; and we taught these same values to our son."

Anantatmula also said on her website that politicians "are shutting down schools for political reasons and it has nothing to do with COVID." "School closure disrupts all of this. Reopening schools — while taking precautions to protect students, teachers, staff, and families — invest in our children," she said.