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November 6, 2019

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Local election results favor incumbents Michael Webert wins 18th District Challenger wins in Lee District By James Ivancic Times Staff Writer

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There was a strong police presence in the Walmart and Home Depot parking lots for several hours Tuesday night.

Two shot in Walmart parking lot Tuesday Staff Reports Two people were shot while sitting in a car in the Walmart parking lot in Warrenton about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. The victims were able to drive to the nearby Home Depot and called 911. They were taken to Fauquier Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and are in stable condition, according to Sgt. James Hartman of the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office. Police apprehended two suspects Tuesday night and were still searching for two others at press time. Hartman reported that a man and a woman became engaged in a confrontation with a man in the parking lot in front of Walmart at 700 James Madison Highway. Hartman said the man fired one shot with a handgun into the car where they were sitting, hitting both.  The shooter got into a white car and left the scene, according to the victims.  Hartman said that as the investigation of that crime unfolded, the sheriff’s office was notified of a vehicle crash at the intersection of Ritchie

Republican Michael Webert beat back a challenge for the 18th District House of Delegates seat from Democrat Laura Galante. Unofficial returns had Webert winning 16,640 to 10,720 votes with all precincts reporting. Webert will begin a fifth two-year term in the House of Delegates, representing a district that covers parts

of Fauquier, Culpeper and Warren counties and all of Rappahan nock WEBERT County. We b e r t carried all of the counties in the district. In Fauquier, he took 8,350 votes to 5,907 for Galante, according to the unofficial returns. Webert couldn’t immediSee WEBERT, page 4

By James Ivancic Times Staff Writer

Stephanie Litter-Reber defeated incumbent Don Mason for the Lee District seat on the Fauquier County School Board on Tuesday, taking about 68 percent of the vote to Mason’s 31 percent, according to unofficial returns. Incumbent Suzanne Sloane narrowly won a second term in a three-way race for the Scott District

seat. Sloane took 34.50 percent of the vote to 33.75 percent for M i c h a e l LITTER-REBER Ham mond and 31 percent for Fauquier teacher Shelly Norden, according to unofficial returns. Susan Pauling defeated Rachel Bongiovi in a race See SCHOOL, page 5

Republicans and Democrats were both visible at most polling locations Tuesday. TIMES STAFF PHOTO/VINCENT SALES

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