Final Election Day voter turnout in the Queen City was 69 percent of registered voters and what appeared to be a red tide earlier in the evening became blue before midnight.
Of Staunton‘s 19,144 registered voters, 13,183 ventured to the polls Tuesday.
Vice President Kamala Harris received 55.5 percent of votes in Staunton to former President Donald Trump‘s 42.7 percent.
In the U.S. Senate, Sen. Tim Kaine was re-elected to his third term representing Virginia with 58 percent of votes in Staunton. Republican opponent Hung Cao received 41.8 percent of votes from Staunton.
“Thank you so much for putting your faith in me,” Kaine told supporters at a speech in Richmond Tuesday night. “And you may or may not, over the course of the next six years, agree or disagree with this or that. But I won’t embarrass you. I won’t let you down. I won’t cause you to lose a moment of sleep. And we will keep moving Virginia and this country forward.”
While the Associated Press called Republican Ben Cline re-elected to Virginia’s District 6, Staunton voters were in favor of Democrat opponent Ken Mitchell by 52.5 percent. Stauntonians gave Cline 45.3 percent of votes. District 6 represents the Shenandoah Valley from Winchester to Roanoke and has long trended Republican.
Election Day numbers do not include provisional ballot votes.
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Rebecca Barnabi
