Results of county races in Northern Virginia
The field of six candidates will be whittled down when all ballots are received later this week. Four candidates — Maureen Coffey, Susan Cunningham, Natalie Roy and Julius D. “J.D.” Spain Sr. — drew the bulk of the first-choice votes, each receiving between 20 percent and 25 percent of the total.
Wheeler, 62, came under attack over a proposal to create a “Digital Gateway” complex in a mostly rural section of the Gainesville area.The county board, where Democrats hold a 5-3 majority, has targeted some rural areas for future development, stirring anger among residents who contend that more building will harm the environment.
Wheeler — who raised seven times as much as Jefferson, with $251,000 — countered that increasing commercial tax revenue from data centers and other industries has allowed the board to consider lowering the residential property tax rate this year from $1.03 to $0.96 per $100 of assessed value. When accounting for rising property values in the region, that would leave a net-zero impact on the average homeowner’s annual tax bill, Wheeler said.
Paulette Sellery, 74, cast her vote for Lawson at a polling site in the Gainesville area, saying she hoped to see increased regulations on data centers. But Downing struggled to gain traction with Democratic voters after entering the race just before the April candidate filing deadline.
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