A SCHOOL OF HAPPY SHARKS: In an epic game, Colgan’s girls edged OP for the region title. Page 9
March 4, 2020 | Vol. 19, No. 10 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | 50¢ Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
An artist’s rendering of the new Rosie’s Gaming Emporium planned for the Triangle Shopping Plaza.
Lawmakers weigh larger ‘Rosie’s’ for Dumfries
Del. Luke Torian opposes 5-year wait on casino-sized gaming facility By Jill Palermo
TIMES STAFF PHOTO/COY FERRELL
Times Staff Writer
Voters check in at the polling place in Bradley Elementary School’s gymnasium.
Prince William voters go for Joe Biden Former V.P. wins big in Virginia, state turnout breaks 2008 record By Daniel Berti
Times Staff Writer
Former Vice President Joe Biden won the Virginia Democratic primary Tuesday. In Prince William County, Biden received 52.62% of the vote and won all but one of the county’s 94 voting precincts as of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders came in second in Prince William with 25.82% of the vote. Sanders is confirmed to have won at least one county precinct – Yorkshire, just north of Manassas Park. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg came in third with 9.85% of the vote. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren came in fourth with 8% of the vote.
Democratic Presidential Primary Results Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren Mike Bloomberg Tulsi Gabbard
PWC 52.62% 25.82% 8.06% 9.85% 0.79%
Virginia 53.3% 23.1% 10.8% 9.7% 0.9%
Statewide, Biden won with 53.33% of the vote with Sanders trailing in second with 23.1% of the vote. Warren placed third with 10.8% of the vote. Bloomberg came in fourth with 9.7% of the vote. Prince William County Office of Elections spokesman Matt Wilson said voter turnout in Prince William was between 15% and 20%, on par with voter turnout in the 2016 Democratic primary. Wilson predicted that none of the county’s precincts would top 25% voter turnout Tuesday afternoon. See PRIMARY, page 2
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The Virginia General Assembly will decide this week whether the “Rosie’s Gaming Emporium” off-track betting parlor planned for Dumfries will remain a modest 150-game facility or could soon be allowed to expand to something closer in size to a casino. The latter is looking more likely now that two key players in the decision – Del. Luke Torian, a high-ranking House Democrat whose 52nd District includes the Town of Dumfries, and Dumfries Mayor Derrick Wood – say they favor allowing Colonial Downs to expand the betting parlor in Dumfries to accommodate 1,800 historical horserace betting machines. Both say they don’t think it’s fair to make Colonial Downs wait five years for that opportunity. Del. Luke Torian Wood said a larger Rosie’s Gaming Emporium would attract more out-of-town visitors and tourists to Dumfries than a smaller, store-sized facility. “I want a tourism-destination place,” Wood said last week, after visiting Richmond to lobby state lawmakers against delaying a larger Rosie’s Gaming Emporium for the town. “This is not about attracting our own people. We want to attract people from out of the area.” See ROSIE’S, page 2
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