Lynwood Lewis Can Thank Cheriton, Nassawadox,
and Cape Charles for Senate Lead
Lewis leads by 9 votes (Wave photo)
CAPE CHARLES WAVE
January 8, 2014
(Updated January 10 to reflect a 9-vote lead.)
Lynwood Lewis can thank Cheriton, Nassawadox, and Cape Charles for his 9-vote lead over Wayne Coleman in yesterday’s special election for State Senator. Because that’s where his percentage wins were the largest.
Lewis lost his home county of Accomack. He lost in Virginia Beach, and he lost Mathews County. His only wins were Northampton County and Norfolk.
In Norfolk he received 52% to Coleman’s 48%, but in Northampton it was a resounding 59% to 41%.
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Lewis lost in Northampton’s Precinct 5 (Exmore) but won the other four precincts.
His biggest majority was in Precinct 2 (Cheriton) where he defeated Coleman 252-76, or 77% to 23%.
Precinct 3 (Nassawadox) recorded 239 votes for Lewis and 123 for Coleman, a 66%-34% margin.
In Precinct 1 (Cape Charles), the margin was 60%-40% in Lewis’ favor (316 votes to 213).
That leaves Precinct 4 (Machipongo, where Lewis won 281 votes to Coleman’s 216, 1 a 57%-43% victory.
As voters who braved yesterday’s cold well understood, Lewis’ 9-vote lead, if certified, will bring effective control of the Virginia Senate to the Democratic Party.
Incorrect — he should thank Linda Schultz, chairperson of the Democratic Committee in Northampton. She got the vote out in Nassawadox, Cheriton, and Cape Charles.
Wow, between this guy and Terry McAuliffe, the Eastern Shore should be just BOOMING! Because those two won’t spend all their time and YOUR money on Northern Virginia. Nah. Wow.
Update: the State Board of Elections web site shows Lewis with a 10 vote lead. That’s right, 10 VOTES. Think about how important 1 vote is during the next election. This election is too close to call; provisional ballots are still outstanding. Whoever is declared the victor you can be sure of a recount. FYI: Accomack went to Coleman. Here is the link for the SBE, you can view each Precinct http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsCTY.aspx?type=SEN&rid=2&osn=006&map=CTY
Oh sure, McAuliffe will have the Eastern Shore BOOMING! That is after he has spent so much of his time in Washington and McLean with his buddies there. [. . .] As for Lynwood Lewis, it’s pretty telling that he didn’t carry his own home area — seems the people who knew him best didn’t vote for him. Oh well, I pray the Shore will be booming, so I might be able to finally sell these properties for anything close to what I paid for them.
As far as losing your home area both Lewis AND Coleman lost their home areas which appears to be more a function of traditional voting patterns in those communities (Accomack tends to vote Republican, Norfolk tends to vote Democratic).
Lynwood Lewis has been a strong advocate for progress on the Eastern Shore. Eat your sour grapes Republicans, the Democrats will now get their turn.
It’s about time the people are starting to take notice in their community, and that is a good sign, we should hold our elected officials accountable — not because we like them but that they display the effort to think of the people and not about their next election. Northampton is very poor because of the short-sightedness of our leaders that bury their heads in the sand when it comes to the lives of our people that want a better life for themselves and their children. No jobs, no affordable housing, school children failing in school I can go on, on, on. [. . .] I’m a white, second generation Italian, fought for my country at 17 in WW2, a Cub Scout Master, Little League President, President of the Northampton-Accomack housing rehabilitation, President AARP, Treasurer of St. Charles Church, paralegal attorney in Citibank, Chairman and Treasurer of the Northampton County Democratic Party, teach our children “pro bono,” performed music to raise revenue for various institutions — the list goes on and I can’t even get elected as Dog Catcher. I’m from Brooklyn, N.Y.C. and I tell it the way I see it.
The results of this election should be confirmed after counting the provisional ballots. So what is the latest? There’s been nothing from the usual sources, online or in print. Why the silence for such a consequential race that will determine who controls the Virginia Senate?
The State Board of Elections voted Friday to certify Lynwood Lewis as the winner by nine votes. According to the Washington Post, Wayne Coleman has made clear he will request a recount. –EDITOR