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Shelton wins by 91 votes in Aquia District TRACY BELL
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he Republican vote for Aquia district supervisor went to Cindy Charlene Shelton during the primary election June 13. Shelton took the district with 826 votes, or 52.91 percent, to Jason M. Pelt’s 735 ballots, or 47.09 percent. Shelton, is retired from the U.S. Air Force and a self-described activist. She campaigned with a focus on transparency, government efficiency and agilCINDY SHELTON ity to better serve county residents, she said. “Agility has always been my profession,” Shelton said. “Agility is the ability of a community, a government, to respond to immediate needs and not be bogged down FOR A LOOK AT by unnecessar y THE RACE FOR impediments. It GOVERNOR, SEE PAGE 3. takes an immense amount of work to become agile. “As a supervisor, I intend to start us down that road, which embraces changes you need and balances it with the available funding, creative solutions, and always - a AQUIA strategic vision. CitiPAGE 13 zens of Stafford County
Ed Gillespie, now the Republican candidate for Virginia governor, stopped by the polling location at Hampton Oaks Elementary School in North Stafford on primary election day during a whirlwind tour of the state. Gillespie, center, posed for photos with John and Susan Wasek before the North Stafford couple went to vote Tuesday afternoon. More details on the race for governor, SEE PAGE 3. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA
Thomas wins 28th District primary TRACY BELL
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Republican primary held Tuesday pitted two current members of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors and a former board member against one another. Each wanted to represent the 28th District in the Virginia House of Delegates. Late in the evening, Bob Thomas came out on top. Thomas walked away with 3,050 votes or 49.21 percent of the total vote; Milde had 2,065 votes (33.32 percent) and Stimpson had 1,083 votes (17.47 percent), according to preliminary results reported by the Virginia Department of Elections. Thomas posted on his campaign Facebook page: “What an amazing
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journey!!! I am so thankful for the support of my wife and children, Bill and Cessie Howell, our amazing staff, our financial supporters and our volunteers who dedicated many hours of precious time. #OnToNovember.” Votes came from 23 precincts, with Thomas winning the four Fredericksburg City precincts and in Stafford, winning 10 of the 19 precincts, along with absentee votes.
Milde won the remaining precincts in Stafford, with the exception of England Run, in which each of the three candidates garSUSAN nered 26 votes. STIMPSON Thomas, RGeorge Washington, is a current supervisor; Milde, R-Aquia, is a supervisor and chairman of the board of supervisors; and Stimpson is a former board member who represented the Falmouth District. Thomas will face Democrat Joshua Cole in the Nov. 7 election to determine who will represent the district in the Virginia PRIMARY House of Delegates. PAGE 13 The 28th District,
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