Falls Church Primary Election Winners: Northam, Gillespie

(Updated 10:40 p.m. Tuesday) FALLS CHURCH, VA — Falls Church voters largely voted for Ralph Northam and Ed Gillespie for governor with all four precincts reporting. Falls Church went 64 to 26 percent for Northam over Tom Perriello and 63 to 26 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 Falls Church voted 52 percent for him. Jill Vogel won the Republican nomination and Falls Church with 57 percent.

All House of Delegates seats are up for election this year, but Del. Marcus Simon is running unopposed in the primary. Attorney General Mark Herring is also up for re-election but is unopposed in the primary.

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Check back with Patch as we update results for the Democratic and Republican races in the City of Falls Church. Falls Church has four precincts.

SEE ALSO: Virginia Primary Election Results 2017: Polls Open In Race For Governor, Assembly

8:30 p.m. - Registrar of Falls Church Dave Bjerke reported a 27 percent voter turnout in Falls Church.

7 p.m. - Polls closed in Virginia.

4 p.m. - Registrar of Falls Church Dave Bjerke released a vote count as of 4 p.m.:
Thomas Jefferson Elementary: 499, Oakwood: 415, Community Center: 499
Total: 1413 or 14.8 percent, total with absentee: 17.3 percent turnout

12:30 p.m. - Registrar of Falls Church Dave Bjerke released a vote count as of noon:
Thomas Jefferson Elementary: 373, Oakwood: 266, Community Center: 373
Total: 975 or 10.2 percent, total with absentee: 12.7 percent turnout

10 a.m. - Registrar of Falls Church Dave Bjerke released a vote count as of 10 a.m.:

Thomas Jefferson Elementary: 235, Oakwood: 194, Community Center: 249

Total: 678 or 7.1%, total with absentee: 9.6% turnout

8:15 a.m. - Voters begin to trickle in at polling places in Northern Virginia. At The Falls Church Community Center and Oakwood Apartments in the city, there were minimal small lines in the early hours of the morning. At Longfellow Middle School in the Fairfax County area of Falls Church, there was no line to vote.

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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