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An historic win for Vangie Williams in the 1st District By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
Vangie Williams, a federal contractor from tiny King George County, won a historic victory Tuesday, becoming the first African-American woman to ever secure the Democratic Party’s nomination in Virginia’s 1st District. Williams, a 49-year-old federal contractor and a mother of six, will become the first woman of color elected to Congress from Virginia if she beats her Republican opponent, incumbent U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman in November. State Sen. Louise Lucas was the first black woman to run for Congress from Virginia in 2001, according to Williams’ campaign. Williams came from the smallest
county of her three opponents and therefore was considered less likely to win. Reached at her campaign party in Fredericksburg Tuesday night, Williams said she was surprised but also overjoyed with the victory. She won by nearly 2,000 votes over second-place Edwin Santana, a former U.S. Marine who was a favorite in Prince William County. Santana won Prince William by 800 votes, but it was not enough to keep Williams from winning the sprawling district, which stretches from Nokesville to Hampton Roads. Williams garnered 11,001 votes, or 39.9 percent of the total. Santana received 9,020 votes, or 32.7 percent. John Suddarth, a Prince William native
who lives in Hanover County, came in third with 7,546 votes or 27 percent. “They kept telling us we had the numbers, but no way did we think the win would be that big,” Williams said. She gave credit to her volunteers – whom she affectionately calls her “Vangelinas” and “Vangelinos” – whom she said knocked on more than 10,000 doors and reached voters in places sometime overlooked by political campaigns. “We went to churches, we went to nursing homes and we also talked to Republicans,” Williams said of her campaign’s effort to reach voters. “And they donated and supported our campaign,” she added of her Republican supporters. See WILLIAMS, Page 4
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Third time’s a charm for Corey Stewart By Jonathan Hunley and Anita Sherman Times Staff Writers
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Corey Stewart and his wife Maria celebrate in Woodbridge Tuesday night. INSIDE Calendar....................................ONLINE Classifieds...........................................20 Lifestyle..............................................14 News....................................................3
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It was close, but the third time was the charm for Corey Stewart. After unsuccessfully seeking the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor in 2013, and the party nod for governor last year, Stewart has won a statewide primary. He collected the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate with 44.78 percent of the vote Tuesday night, according to unofficial results. With 97.51 percent of the vote reported, Stewart bested Culpeper Del. Nick Freitas, R-30th, who took 43.15 percent of the vote and E.W. Jackson, a minister from Chesapeake, who had 12.07 percent. Now Stewart, the chairman of the Prince William Board of Supervisors since 2006, will take on U.S. Sen Tim Kaine, a Democrat, in November. At his election night party at the Electric Palm in Woodbridge, Stewart promised to unite the coalition that elected President Trump in 2016. “We will win working men and women across the state. We will restore our values. We will restore our economy. We will restore our border and we will restore our America,” Stewart said to cheers from the See STEWART, Page 4
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