Woodbridge Election Results: Northam Easily Trumps Gillespie

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA — You don't have to look far to see one of the bigger seismic shifts in Virginia politics, and it happened Tuesday night in Manassas when Danica Roem beat 13-term Republican ultra-conservative Bob Marshall in their House of Delegates race. She became the first openly transgender elected official in the state and one of a handful in the nation, and she did it by beating a man who has referred to himself as the state's "chief homophobe."

Roem beat Marshall 53-47. Her win dovetailed with that of fellow Democrat Ralph Northam, who unexpectedly breezed to nine-point overall win over Republican challenger Ed Gillespie in the race to succeed Gov. Terry McAuliffe. In Prince William County, Northam beat Gillespie 61-38 with 71,550 votes to Gillespie's 44,960.

Here are the results from the other seven House of Delegates races in Prince William County:

• Jennifer Carroll Foy (D) defeated Mike Makee 76 percent to 24 percent.
• Elizabeth Guzman (D) defeated Scott Lingamfelter 61-38.
• Tim Hugo (R) d. Donte Tanner 57-43.
• Lee Carter (D) d. Jackson Hunter Miller 56-44.
• Hala Ayala (D) d. Richard Anderson 53-47.
• Luke Torian (D) ran unopposed.
• Subba Kolla (R) d. John Bell 56-44.

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