Herring Wins Loudoun Senate Seat (Democrat wins VA GOP seat)

[Freddie Stubbs]

Slow-Growth Advocate Edges GOP Rival

By Amy Gardner
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 1, 2006; Page B01

Democrat Mark R. Herring, a lawyer and former Loudoun County supervisor, was elected to the state Senate yesterday after a campaign that spoke to the frustration of many residents over unchecked growth and traffic.

Herring, 44, defeated Supervisor Mick Staton Jr. (R-Sugarland Run) with 62 percent of the vote to his opponent's 38 percent, according to unofficial results from the 33rd Senate District, which encompasses most Loudoun precincts and a sliver of western Fairfax.

Staton, 35, a fiscal and social conservative who has opposed strict new controls on growth in Loudoun, promised voters during the two-week campaign for the special election that he would do more than Democrats to improve roads and discourage high-density development.

But Staton lost in many of the same precincts in eastern Loudoun that brought down his father-in-law, former delegate Richard H. Black (R), in November. They are also the precincts where Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) surprised observers from both parties by winning on the same slow-growth, improve-traffic message espoused in yesterday's election by Herring.

more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101501.html

[jean]

1. 'edged?' How about 'eclipsed?' The man won 62 to 38.

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2078111