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November 4, 2020 | Vol. 19, No. 45 | 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.
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Manassas City Councilwoman Michelle Davis-Younger.
Democrats sweep Manassas races
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Election Day 2020: Clockwise from top: Rep. Jennifer Wexton pauses to take a photo with fellow Democrats running for posts in the City of Manassas, including, from left, Manassas City Councilmembers Pam Sebesky, Michelle Davis-Younger and City Councilman Mark Wolfe (back row, second from left). Qasim Rashid, who challenged Rep. Rob Wittman, campaigns in Manassas. Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-10th, and Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, campaign on Election Day.
‘It’s just a little scary right now’ Anxiety, excitement, resolve: Voters express mixed emotions on Election Day By Aileen M. Streng and Daniel Berti Times Staff Writers
With more than 160,000 early ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election, polling places in Prince William County were unexpectedly slow on Election Day, making for an almost anti-climactic end to a tension-filled election season that had voters hyper-focused on the race at the top of the ticket: that between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger former Vice President Joe Biden. Except for a short wait when polls opened at 6 a.m., election officials at local polling places said Tuesday morning that voting was steady and drama free. Except for a scanner glitch at two local precincts in the morning, voting went smoothly with no lines to speak of anywhere in the county, according to reports from around the county. Some voters said they were excited. Some said they were anxious. Some said they were a mix of both.
“I was very excited to vote,” said Michelle Bosch, who voted at the Lynnwood polling place at Woodbridge Senior High School. “To put it bluntly, I voted to get rid of Trump.” Luke Huddleston said he was feeling both excited and anxious. He was excited to vote for the first time. “I feel there is a lot that depends on this so I’m feeling a little anxious,” he said. David Carr said he was a little anxious, too. “It’s just a little scary right now. We need to get back together,” he said. Auston Carr, 18, cast his vote early at the Ferlazzo Building, where he also worked as an election officer for the last two weeks. Carr, a recent graduate of Colgan High School, said the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing pandemic were the two most important issues for him going into the election. Carr lamented missing the last months of his senior year of high school and his graduation because of COVID-19.
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Davis-Younger to be city’s first female, African American mayor By Jill Palermo and Daniel Berti
Times Staff Writer
Democrats appear to have swept the races for Manassas mayor and city council, with Councilwoman Michelle Davis Younger winning the mayor’s race by fewer than 400 votes. With all seven precincts reporting, Davis-Younger, a Democrat, had won 7,903 votes, or 51.2% of the ballots counted, compared to Councilwoman Theresa Coates Ellis, a Republican, who garnered 7,514 votes or about 49% of the vote. In the city council race, incumbents Mark Wolfe and Pam Sebesky and newcomer Tom Osina were the three top vote-getters, with Sebesky winning the most votes, 8,237, followed by Mark D. Wolfe with 8,214 and Osina with 6,736 votes. All three are Democrats.
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