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November 10, 2022 | Vol. 21, No. 45 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | $1.00 Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton appears with supporters outside a Warrenton polling place. TIMES STAFF PHOTO/COLLEEN LAMAY
Wexton fends off challenge from Hung Cao By Cher Muzyk and Jill Palermo Times Staff Writers
PHOTOS BY DOUG STROUD
U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger poses for a photo with supporter Esther Moniba during early morning voting at Freedom High School in Woodbridge.
Prince William voters pull Spanberger to victory By Jill Palermo
See SPANBERGER, page 2
See WEXTON, page 4
Conservatives gain 1 seat on Manassas School Board
Times Staff Writer
Rep. Abigail Spanberger is used to winning squeaker elections. In 2018, she won the 7th District seat with just 50% of the vote. Two years later, she pushed it to 51%. So, the nearly 4-point win Spanberger pulled off against Republican Yesli Vega Tuesday night was not as close as usual – but it didn’t feel that way. Vega, 37, a Prince William County supervisor, held a wide lead over Spanberger, 43, for much of Election Night, at times by a margin of more than 11,000 votes. It wasn’t until Prince William County began reporting votes at about 10 p.m. that the results began to shift. Once the more than 26,000 early votes cast by Prince William County voters in the 7th District were counted, Spanberger pulled ahead significantly, ending the night more than 10,000 votes ahead.
U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton fended off a challenge Tuesday from Republican Hung Cao in the closely watched 10th District congressional race. With 100% of the vote counted, Wexton, 54, had garnered 152,559 of the 288,061 votes cast or 52.86%. Cao, 51, won 135,502 votes, or 47.95%, according to still unofficial results from the Virginia Department of Elections. During a stop at Unity Reed High School in Manassas Tuesday, Wexton said she wasn’t surprised the race turned out to be a bit closer than expected. Wexton was initially expected to win by about 8 points.
By Cher Muzyk
Times Staff Writer
Supervisor Yesli Vega and her husband, Rene, take the stage at her election night party in Woodbridge.
Bolay restaurant opens Nov. 17 in Gainesville, page 8
Manassas City School Board incumbent Vice Chair Lisa Stevens and current board member Jill Spall held onto their seats in Tuesday’s election, but conservative newcomer Sara Brescia has also won a seat on the board, according to unofficial state election results. Stevens, who was endorsed by the local Democratic committee, earned the most votes with 4,932 ballots cast in her favor.
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Sara Brescia Brescia was close behind with 4,924 votes, while Spall came in third with 4,650 votes to retain her seat. See BOARD, page 4