Virginia General Election 2017: Alexandria Chooses Northam

ALEXANDRIA, VA—On Tuesday night, Northam and the Democratic Party swept all three statewide positions in a massive victory one year after the surprise election of President Donald Trump. Northam won with 53.87 percent of the vote, a nearly 10-point lead over Republican Ed Gillespie. The victory was made possible by his performance in Northern Virginia, including in Alexandria.

It wasn't a matter of who voters were going to choose for governor but rather by how much. A staggering 78.36 percent of votes went to Northam in the city.

Alexandria chose the Democratic victors in three statewide races, including Justin Fairfax for lieutenant governor and Mark Herring for attorney general. In the House of Delegates races, unopposed Dels. Mark Levine (D-45) and Charniele Herring (D-46) easily won re-election. Commonwealth's Attorney Bryan Porter and Sheriff Dana Lawhorne also ran unopposed in Alexandria and were re-elected.

Del Ray's precincts overwhelmingly choose Northam: he received 83.36 percent of the vote at Mount Vernon Recreation Center and 82.40 percent at George Washington Middle School. Both were slightly higher than the citywide average of 78.36 percent going for Northam.

Numbers were almost as strong in Old Town; Northam received 82.12 percent of votes at Charles Houston Recreation Center, 80.55 at Durant Center, 71.63 at Ladrey Senior Building and 71.33 at Lyles Crouch School. Gillespie's best performance in Alexandria was in the City Hall precinct, where he managed to capture 35.72 percent of the vote (479 votes) to Northam's 63.46 percent (851 votes).

Northam won the city by a higher margin than Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who had a 49 point lead in 2013. He also had an early advantage with absentee ballots, claiming 5,007 votes compared to Gillespie's 1,183.

FULL ELECTION COVERAGE: Virginia Election 2017 Results: Ralph Northam Beats Ed Gillespie

Here are the full governor's race results for Alexandria:

(votes, percentage of votes)
# AB - Central Absentee Precinct (08)
Northam: 5,007, 80.23%
Gillespie: 1,183, 18.96%

101 - LADREY SENIOR BUILDING (08)
Northam: 924, 71.63%
Gillespie: 356, 27.60%

102 - CITY HALL (08)
Northam: 851, 63.46%
Gillespie: 479, 35.72%

103 - LYLES CROUCH SCHOOL (08)
Northam: 1,401, 71.33%
Gillespie: 549, 27.95%

104 - DURANT CENTER (08)
Northam: 1,209, 80.55%
Gillespie: 274, 18.25%

105 - LEE CENTER (08)
Northam: 1,620, 78.00%
Gillespie: 441, 21.23%

106 - CORA KELLY CENTER (08)
Northam: 1,711, 84.83%
Gillespie: 281, 13.93%

107 - MT VERNON RECREATION CENTER (08)
Northam: 2,039, 83.36%
Gillespie: 387, 15.82%

108 - GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCH (08)
Northam: 1,990, 82.40%
Gillespie: 398, 16.48%

109 - FIRE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS (08)
Northam: 1,011, 71.45%
Gillespie: 390, 27.56%

110 - CHARLES HOUSTON CENTER (08)
Northam: 1,231, 82.12%
Gillespie: 254, 16.94%

111 - POTOMAC YARD (08)
Northam: 533, 74.55%
Gillespie: 167, 23.36%

201 - MAURY SCHOOL (08)
Northam: 1,340, 77.50%
Gillespie: 372, 21.52%

202 - GEORGE MASON SCHOOL (08)
Northam: 1,227, 69.87%
Gillespie: 517, 29.44%

203 - AGUDAS ACHIM SYNAGOGUE (08)
Northam: 1,363, 80.84%
Gillespie: 309, 18.33%

204 - BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH (08)
Northam: 1,163, 71.97%
Gillespie: 441, 27.29%

205 - DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SCHOOL (08)
Northam: 1,432, 73.59%
Gillespie: 493, 25.33%

206 - CHINQUAPIN PARK RECREATION CTR (08)
Northam: 1,083, 76.27%
Gillespie: 328, 23.10%

207 - TEMPLE BETH EL SYNAGOGUE (08)
Northam: 1,359, 72.02%
Gillespie: 509, 26.97%

208 - NOVA ARTS CENTER (08)
Northam: 1,285, 81.80%
Gillespie: 267, 17.00%

209 - JAMES K POLK SCHOOL (08)
Northam: 1,470, 80.95%
Gillespie: 336, 18.50%

210 - The Hermitage (08)
Northam: 669, 74.92%
Gillespie: 218, 24.41%

302 - PATRICK HENRY REC CENTER (08)
Northam: 997, 84.21%
Gillespie: 175, 14.78%

303 - CHARLES E BEATLEY LIBRARY (08)
Northam: 1,263, 84.77%
Gillespie: 211, 14.16%

304 - SAMUEL TUCKER SCHOOL (08)
Northam: 1,715, 86.27%
Gillespie: 258, 12.98%

305 - JOHN ADAMS SCHOOL (08)
Northam: 1,169, 84.10%
Gillespie: 207, 14.89%

306 - WILLIAM RAMSAY SCHOOL (08)
Northam: 1,276, 84.56%
Gillespie: 219, 14.51%

307 - SOUTH PORT (08)
Northam: 1,134, 79.69%
Gillespie: 279, 19.61%

308 - CAMERON STATION COMMUNITY CTR (08)
Northam: 1,354, 72.17%
Gillespie: 509, 27.13%

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