In Herndon Many Incumbents Hold Onto Their Seats

Mark Herring (D) won over Patricia Phillips (R) in the 33rd senate district, while Janet Howell (D) kept her position representing the 32nd district over challenger Patrick Forrest (R). Delegates Tom Rust (R-86) and Ken Plum (D-36) both held onto their seats as well. 

At the Fairfax County level, Sharon Bulova (D) took nearly 60 percent of the vote for chairman of the county's Board of Supervisors, while Spike Williams received 35 percent, Christopher DeCarlo took 3.4 percent, and Will Raddle Jr. received 1.5 percent of the vote.

John Foust (D) will continue on as the Dranesville district representative on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Foust took 60 percent of the vote to challenger Dennis Husch's (R) 39 percent. 

Janie Strauss also retained her position and will stay on as the Dranesville district representative on the Fairfax County School Board. The Dranesville district school board race was closer than many other local races, with Strauss collecting 51 percent of the votes to challenger Louise Epstein's 48 percent. 

For more election results see the tables below. Though nearly all precincts have reported their results, any additional results will be updated Wednesday, Nov. 9. 

Race: Senate - 33rd Dist. Patricia Phillips - R 2,644 42.63% Mark Herring - D 3,555 57.32% Write-in 3 0.05% * All precincts reporting Race: Senate - 32nd Dist. Patrick Forrest - R 14,649 42.25% Janet Howell - D 20,010 57.71% Write-in 10 0.02% * All precincts reporting Race: Senate - 31st Dist. Caren Merrick - R 9,237 52.86% Barbara Favola - D 8,229 47.09% Write-in 6 0.03% * All precincts reporting
Race: Delegate - 86th Dist. Thomas Davis Rust 7,733 98.79% Write-in 94 1.20% * All precincts reporting
Race: Delegate - 36th Dist. Hugh "Mac" Cannon - R 5,159 35.88% Kenneth "Ken" Plum - D 9,217 64.10% Write-in 2 0.01% * All precincts reporting
Race: Delegate - 34th Dist. Barbara Comstock - R 8,650 54.92% Pamela Danner - D 7,100 45.07% Write-in 0 0% * All precincts reporting Fairfax County Sheriff Bill Cooper III - R 85,674 45.53% Stan Barry - D 102,378 54.40% Write-in 116 0.06% * All precincts reporting
Race: Ffx. Co. BOS Chairman Mike "Spike" Williams - R 68,167 35.59% Sharon Bulova - D 113,769 59.40% Christopher DeCarlo - I 6,520 3.40% Will Radle Jr. - I 2,932 1.53% Write-in 122 0.06% * All precincts reporting
Race: Dranesville Dist. BOS Dennis Husch - R 9,857 39.29% John Foust - D 15,217 60.66% Write-in 11 0.04% * All precincts reporting
Race: Hunter Mill Dist. BOS Catherine Hudgins - D 18,145 99.28% Write-in 131 0.71% * All precincts reporting
Race: Dranesville Dist. School Board Louise Epstein - I 12,128 48% Jane "Janie" Strauss - I 13,122 51.93% Write-in 14 0.05% * All precincts reporting
Race: Hunter Mill School Board Pat Hynes - I 12,511 56.99% Nancy Linton - I 9,432 42.96% Write-in 9 0.04% * All precincts reporting
Race: At-Large - Ffx. Co. School Board Sheree Brown-Kaplan - I 80,467 15.74% Lin-Dai Kendall - I 62,350 12.20% Lolita Mancheno-Smoak - I 69,401 13.57% Ryan McElveen - I 86,268 16.81%% Ilryong Moon - I 91,588 17.85% Steven Stuban - I 37,344 7.27% Theodore "Ted" Velkoff - I  84,611 16.49% Write-in 290 0.05% * All precincts reporting
Race: School Bonds Yes 131,424 69.68% No 57,169 30.31% * All precincts reporting
Race: Commonwealth's Attorney Raymond Morrogh - D 150,430 99.48% Write-in 784 0.51% * 239/240 precincts reporting
Soil & Water Conservation Director NoVa Dist. Thomas Cranmer - I 79,928 20.79% Johna Good Gagnon - I 84,893 22.08% George Lamb - I 98,033 25.49% Peter Marchetti - I 32,525 8.46% John Peterson - I 88,610 23.04% Write-in 456 0.11% * All precincts reporting