Fredericksburg VA Election Results: Wittman Projected As Winner

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Fredericksburg residents went to the polls Tuesday in their final chance to cast their vote in a number of races. Mail-in ballots must be dropped off or mailed by the end of Tuesday.

This November, Fredericksburg residents voted for president and vice president, U.S. senator and U.S. house member. They also voted on two amendments to the Virginia Constitution.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is the projected winner in Virginia, as called by the Associated Press at 7:36 p.m.

Immediately after polls closed, the Associated Press called the U.S. Senate race in Virginia for Mark Warner. The senior senator won a third term by defeating Republican challenger Daniel Gade. Warner, is a former businessman who served as Virginia governor from 2002 to 2006, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008 and won re-election in 2014. Gade is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and amputee who now serves as an American University professor.

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Rep. Robert Wittman (R) has been projected as the winner of Virginia's 1st congressional district, which includes much of the Fredericksburg area and runs through the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. He has held the seat since winning a special election in 2007.

His challenger, Qasim Rashid, a human rights lawyer and book author, also works as a consultant, helping businesses and nonprofits improve corporate strategy. Rashid defeated Vangie Williams in the June Democratic primary.

Wittman said that the coronavirus crisis has led to unprecedented economic disruption. "When the economy begins to open up, we need to be prepared — we need to support our small businesses and prepare potential employees to fill jobs as they become available. We must continue to incentivize rehiring, remove regulatory barriers to job creation," he said on his campaign website.

Rashid said the 1st Congressional District, along with the rest of the nation, needs "a robust posture on healthcare, with the scaling up of testing being of utmost importance."
"It is wide scale testing that will effectively restart the economy, short of a COVID-19 vaccine," Rashid said on his campaign website.