Shannon Taylor beat Rep. Rob Wittman in the 1st District by 9,460 votes in unofficial results, and Short Pump precincts gave her 63.6%. All 3 amendments passed.
Democrat Shannon L. Taylor beat Republican Rep. Robert J. “Rob” Wittman in the 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Wittman has held the seat since he was first elected in 2007.
Taylor won 207,877 votes, or 51.0%, to Wittman’s 198,417, or 48.7%, across the district. That is a margin of 9,460 votes. All 18 localities in the district had reported. The figures are from the Virginia Department of Elections’ unofficial results.
Henrico County’s part of the district gave Taylor 22,506 more votes than Wittman. That is more than twice her margin across the whole district.
How Short Pump voted
Seven precincts cover Short Pump and the neighborhoods around it: Colonial Trail, Innsbrook, Nuckols Farm, Pocahontas, Shady Grove, Short Pump and Three Chopt. All are in the 1st District. Their totals below are added up from the precinct results on the Henrico County results page.
| Race | Short Pump-area precincts | All of Henrico County | Virginia |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House, 1st District: Taylor | 63.6% | 62.6% | 51.0% (district) |
| U.S. House, 1st District: Wittman | 36.2% | 37.2% | 48.7% (district) |
| U.S. Senate: Mark R. Warner (D) | 67.0% | 72.0% | 61.2% |
| U.S. Senate: Bert Mizusawa (R) | 32.8% | 27.8% | 38.6% |
| Question 1: Yes | 70.7% | 73.2% | 62.5% |
| Question 2: Yes | 66.7% | 67.9% | 57.5% |
| Question 3: Yes | 60.6% | 67.1% | 56.6% |
In votes, the seven precincts gave Taylor 9,134 and Wittman 5,195. Warner took 9,623 votes there to Mizusawa’s 4,707.
Taylor carried every one of the seven. Her strongest was Innsbrook, at 73.3%. Her closest was Nuckols Farm, where she won 1,606 votes to Wittman’s 1,167, or 57.8%.
The Short Pump precinct itself voted 64.2% for Taylor: 1,192 votes to Wittman’s 661.
Warner wins reelection
Sen. Mark R. Warner, a Democrat, won reelection with 2,182,686 votes statewide, or 61.2%, to 1,376,552 for Republican Bert Mizusawa, according to the state’s unofficial results. In Henrico County, Warner won 110,102 votes to 42,436.
All 3 constitutional amendments pass
Voters statewide approved all three amendments to the Constitution of Virginia. The full wording is on the state’s amendments page.
- Question 1, protecting decisions about pregnancy, birth control, abortion and fertility care: 62.5% yes statewide. Henrico voted 111,205 yes to 40,719 no.
- Question 2, removing the ban on same-sex marriage: 57.5% yes statewide. Henrico voted 103,060 to 48,765.
- Question 3, a right to vote that returns automatically after a prison sentence: 56.6% yes statewide. Henrico voted 101,853 to 50,017.
Question 3 was the closest of the three in Short Pump, at 60.6% yes. In Nuckols Farm it passed 1,509 to 1,258.
Turnout
In Henrico County, 153,722 of 256,070 registered voters cast a ballot, or 60.0%, according to the county’s results page.
The seven Short Pump-area precincts turned out at 62.8%: 14,441 ballots from 22,989 registered voters. Nuckols Farm had the highest turnout of the seven, at 69.3%. Pocahontas had the lowest, at 56.3%.
What it means for you
Short Pump will have a new member of Congress in January, if the count holds. The results are unofficial until the State Board of Elections certifies them, and provisional and late mail ballots can still be added.
The 1st District covers Short Pump, so Taylor’s office will be the one to call about federal matters such as Social Security, veterans’ benefits and passports once she takes office. Our voting page has the standing details on registering and finding your polling place, and our ballot guide has the full text of each question in brief.
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