The official results and winning percentages have now been posted by the 10th district committee. The Bull Elephant apologizes for any inaccurate information that was posted here during and immediately after the canvass. The 10th district committee was not at fault since they were not releasing any of the numbers. The Bull Elephant relied on some wonderful volunteers and campaign workers to report the news from around the district and the unofficial results from the 10th polling stations. Without them, there would have been no information about the results until much later in the evening. A huge thank you to all our sources of information throughout the day on Saturday.
Unofficial results posted by the 10th District Committee:
| Votes | Percentage | |
| Barbara J. Comstock | 7337 | 53.91% |
| Howard R. “Howie” Lind | 1108 | 8.14% |
| Stephen B. Hollingshead | 816 | 6.00% |
| Mark S. Savitt | 218 | 1.60% |
| Rob K. Wasinger | 301 | 2.21% |
| Robert G. “Bob” Marshall | 3829 | 28.14% |
| TOTAL | 13609 |
Per vote spending, h/t Patrick Murphy Wasinger $271.00 Savitt $105.84 Lind $93.71 Hollingshead $79.25 Comstock $32.89 Marshall $6.89
5:09 Congratulations to future Congresswoman Barbara Comstock! And a big thank you to the 10th District Committee for organizing a great process. In particular, thank you to Chairman John Whitbeck, Cathy McNickle, Gerrie Gunn, and Kristen Kalina for all of your tireless efforts! You made this canvass run smoothly all day long at all the polling stations.
5:05 Final unofficial totals (H/T to Patrick Murphy and Jason Kenney) (note these numbers are missing a handful of votes for Wasinger, Savitt, and Lind):
4:52 Final polling station reporting, Manassas/Manassas City, Marshall 410, Comstock 306, Hollingshead 34, Lind 25, Savitt 0, Wasinger 8.
4:40 All the unofficial results are in to the 10th district headquarters. They won’t release numbers until they’ve all been tallied. Still waiting to hear the numbers in the final polling station Manassas/Manassas City. 4:35 Hamilton results, Comstock 653, Marshall 552, Lind 197, Hollingshead 165, Savitt 8, Wasinger 14. 4:32 Winchester City, Comstock 211, Marshall 189, Lind 69, Hollingshead 31, Savitt 32, Wasinger 12 4:10 Julie Williams guards Centreville ballots: 
3:50 COMSTOCK WINS! Three precincts outstanding, Winchester City, Manassas and Manassas City and Hamilton, will update when they come in with the overall totals.
3:45 Comstock wins Langley by huge margin, 91% Comstock 2004, Marshall 100, Lind 70, Hollingshead 17, Wasinger 11, Savitt 2.
3:38 Comstock wins big at Stonebridge with 1183 votes, Marshall 424, Lind 135, Hollingshead 117, Savitt 12, Wasinger 31
3:36 Marshall wins Frederick county with 772, Comstock 465, Hollingshead 190, Lind 141.
3:32 Comstock wins Centreville by 62%, with 1514 votes, Marshall 388, Lind 255, Wasinger 162, Hollingshead 128, Savitt 4.
3:22 Bob Marshall wins Prince William county, with 679, Comstock 498, Howie 99, Hollingshead 55, Wasinger 8, Savitt 3, total 1342.
3:17 Bob Marshall wins Clarke County, Marshall 199, Comstock 136, Lind Howie, Hollingshead 47, Savitt 21, Wasinger 6
3:15 Results from Freedom High school, Loudoun: Comstock 367, Marshall 116, Lind 56, Hollingshead 34, Wasinger 15, Savitt 3
3:10 Langley station over performs with 2,200 voters, Centreville under performs with about the same number of voters. Good omen for Comstock.
3:06 Total Votes 13,000
3:05 Total Votes at Stonebridge, 1894
2:45 10,000 total voters at 2:00.
2:15 Centreville 1962 voters at 2:00.
2:10 All ten precincts running smoothly with heavy turnout across the district. Kudos to 10th district chairman John Whitbeck and the 10th district committee.
1:45 No lines in Hamilton at Harmony Station, Senator Black is there along with Supervisors Geary Higgins and Ken Reid. Total vote in Hamilton 1,200.
1:45 Vote Total 8,300 at 1:00 pm 1
:10 Voting tapering off at Stonebridge.
12:54: From John Whitbeck, Centreville 1,360, Langley 1,222, Stonebridge 1163.
12:56 Wasinger seen voting at Centreville.
12:50 Total voters at noon, 6,200.
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137 comments
Rand. Stop guessing and do some investigative work. Just last week lefty Dem’s via third party lefty groups, blogs and websites asked for and encouraged Dem’s and other leftists to vote for Bob Marshall. It was a well advertised plan. Your assertion makes no sense. They did not wnat Barbara to win. They wanted what they considered to be a weaker candidate to prevail in our process. This is not terribly tough to figure out.
Your an idiot G.Stone. Read my comments in context.
Paul. You have the commonsense equal to a bucket of gravel.
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Reading and rereading what was written in this blog during the campaign, I’m becoming more and more certain that I cannot support this woman. Wish that wasn’t the case. Very sad about it. Voted for Wolf in every election since… well, I moved into the district in 1982, and I have never voted for a Democrat in a Congressional election NOR missed an election.
You will effectively be voting for Foust if you sit it out, but that’s your prerogative. A very stupid choice in my view, but your choice.
No he/she will be voting for no one.
I haven’t voted for Wolf since 2006, country before party.
You are doing a great service to your country by not voting against the party of progressive policies which have proved disastrous for our country, specifically in the last 6 years?
Marta,
Next time you see Frank ask him about Michael Maxwell’s Congressional testimony in 2006 and did it bother him that most of that testimony was supplied by women whistleblowers to Congress who subsequently got thrown under the bus as Maxwell got a job, albeit temporary one, on a Republican Congressional staff. After you get that answer, we can discuss how both parties have proved disastrous for our country over the last decade.
The integrity of the federal workforce and US citizenship should have gotten more of Frank’s attention, he was well placed to make a difference. Frankly, he blew it.
Be that as it may, how is sitting out elections solving anything?
Marta,
I don’t sit out elections, but so many politicians and consultants are so caught up in the process of getting and keeping elected they lose touch with why, how and what they have to do to serve their fellow citizens.
The Republican Party is broken. The leadership has abandoned the middle class, those of us who have put country first are tired of the BS from both parties. I vote for the best candidate or I write in, but elections aren’t worth much if legislators don’t read, understand or follow the laws they pass.
Voters have to stop be enablers of politicians who sell out their core constituents. Immigration is a perfect example of how tone death and inept the Republican Party has become and that includes both sides of the debate.
Can you be more specific with your hesitation in supporting conservative Republicans?
Will we ever see Lamb Chops Wasinger again? I sure hope we don’t. I wonder what state he’ll try to run in next?
Thank you Bull Elephant for your coverage. Over 300 volunteers participated in the 10th District Canvass, it was an awesome sight! I have not seen such a committed group of people working together in all my years of activism. The 10th District is poised as it has never been before. Our nominee deserves our full support and everyone I have talked to is committed to getting Barbara Comstock elected. Again, many thanks for the coverage and on to victory!
You are most welcome. The 10th district committee did an amazing job on the primary, just amazing. You all worked so hard to pull this off! Thank you to our amazing 10th district committee and especially to you, who coordinated all 10 polling stations. Great job!
Excellent coverage indeed!
Bob won Manassas 410 to Comstock’s 306.
Jeanine, not sure where you got the Manassas numbers but they are completely wrong.
I just spoke with one of the official counters because I was stunned by the numbers I saw posted here. Marshall won with slightly over 400 votes. My contact could not remember the exact numbers but said Marshall won by approx. 110 votes
Still, its a serious under performance because its Marshall’s back yard.
Thanks, PWCinsider. That makes a little more sense.
We will post the final, official breakdown of numbers by precinct later tonight or tomorrow.
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My WAG turned out to be pretty close
The voting process and computer program worked great. Hope Virginia does the same in the future. You do not know how many people were expecting the 10th to fail today. Everything went smoothly, quickly, and professionally. Thank you John Whitbeck and your team.
I’m remembering the Joe May stunt. Has anyone heard anything about a third party candidate?
Nope. Though the Joe May analogy is apt, since right now we have a conservative Republican (Babara Comstock) and a liberal Democrat (John Foust). I’m supporting the conservative Republican–how about you?
Conservative…that’s funny right there. A conservative that voted for Obama. Hilarious.
In the primary. A lot of Republicans voted in the Democratic primary in 2008.
I have a lot of concerns. They just keep going through my mind. To me, this is how Romney lost. I hope we do not see a repeat on the local level. And, more than that, I hope she really IS a reliable social conservative.
I did not have a horse in this race, initially. Then I saw the NARAL ratings, and then I heard Marshall on the NSA. I have concerns, and they are serious.
According to disbursements the Mysterious Rob Wasinger spent $271 per vote.. He blew Howie Lind out of the water.
OK?…..
Great…we have a Republican (yeah right) winner who voted for Obama, doesn’t support traditional marriage, supports abortion, supports the NDAA, etc…So, we have a Democrat vs Democrat in November. I, for one, will NOT be voting in November. Shame on ALL “conservatives” and “Republicans” that voted for her. And they wonder why our country is screwed!
Is that what you mean by Reagan’s 11th commandment?
I think a lot of democrats came out for her today, personally.
Maybe…I have no way of knowing to be honest. I’m just pointing out the blatant hypocrisy of MJJ slamming us for criticizing fellow Republicans, and LITERALLY 11 minutes later turning around and slamming fellow Republicans.
You DO realize my name isn’t Paul?
Shoot! I’m so sorry MJJ…I didn’t realize it! I apologize for the unfair criticism. I’m paying attention to too many things at once, and thought that came from you.
That written, I understand Paul’s concern. This will not be the last time you will hear that. It has certainly run through my mind.
A lot of people feel that way. I totally understand. But I will support my nominee…I do not agree that there is no difference between Comstock and Foust. Not nearly as much as between Marshall and Foust, but even so Comstock is far preferable.
She has a few months to prove it.
Will be interesting to see how she posture herself over here. I’m pretty sure that she will completely ignore us – because she can. (If she wins)
That says a lot. I need to see our data and talk to the CM. This was not a money problem. That Langley total proves that what the propaganda poll touted… (40% didn’t know who Bob was). May have been true. In that case – I have some mixed feelings about communication I was getting.
So where were Bob’ s boots on the ground? You have to work the whole 10th. Check Barbara’s Facebook page. See how she spent her campaign days. She even made it to a 7am debate. Unfortunately Some did not. Check all the guys running. They did not attend even a fraction of events. I know she did not make two debates. One in Manassas, organize with 10 days notice. One in Purciville (sp) with 3 week notice. She had events scheduled daily. Some for her family who deservers her attention too! Sorry Bob did not win. I heard all the candidates promise to help the winner. Let’s see who stands by that promise.
I was not the campaign manager. If I were – I would have made the appropriate adjustments. I was not in the “know” for the rest of the 10th. I’m happy to say that our side supported Bob and showed up strong and our work was memorialized at the booth in the west.
I hope Bob learned a lesson from this. It cost the 10th district dearly and more specifically, Winchester and Frederick County. Our value sets, obviously are different.
Upon speaking to others that voted for Bob… They’ve communicated to me that they refuse to vote now. That’s not necessarily my attitude but its a noticeable pattern. The divide is significant between the positions.
Are you going to vote for Barbara in November?
I signed the pledge.
Wrong, I was checking people in at the polls. There were a few donkey people. Those would be Democrat voters. They had to sign to forgo the Dem party before they could vote.
I was there too. I personally saw at least 10 that I know… Because we went to school together – vote and come out w Comstock stickers on. The pledge is BS.
And in Bob Marshall’s district we saw Democrats who like Bob come out, talk with him for 10 minutes, then go instead and vote for him. We can exchange anecdotes all day.
If you think Democrats are responsible for Comstock getting nearly double the votes as Marshall, then you are delusional.
I addressed this.
Wrong again. No political material was past the blue like outside. They had to get stickers before entering. Also people change their political views after High School. Thank goodness! There were very few Dems. That is the truth!
They took the stickers at the table when they came out of the building. Stop being an idiot. I grew up w them. I FRIGGN KNOW THEM.
We had about 5 that wouldn’t sign the pledge and ran away, we can prob assume double that did sign and will remain dems. That’s their problem. We can torture them with mailings and calls by the units. The pledge is worth what your word is worth, mine is gold.
True. I saw them turn away because of the pledge also. One guy marked the document up – signed it “ALL RIGHTS RESERVED” 1-308.
I told him that the UCC didn’t apply to pledges only tangible goods and real estate 🙂
The only Democrats we had in PWC were voting for Marshall because he’d be the easiest to beat in November.
Why in the world would a Democrat want Comstock to be the Republican nominee? That’s their worst nightmare.
I wish that we’re
Because they identify with her.
You do realize how little sense that makes, right? She identifies herself as a conservative; she is pro-life; she voted against the transportation tax hikes that Democrats and the Washington Post love.
Democrats don’t vote in the Republican primary to get a slightly less conservative candidate, they do it to get a candidate weaker for their PREFERRED candidate: a flaming liberal like John Foust.
Look, I know you’re upset that your guy lost. And I know it might take time for you to re-learn things about Barbara Comstock that you were lied to about by people you are inclined to support. But I would hope that common sense would prevail, instead of honestly thinking that Democrats were flowing into the precincts today to support the most well-funded and heavily favored Republican candidate. It is literally the most illogical thing that’s been posted here.
Read my other post. I WATCHED THEM VOTE FOR HER. THEY TOLD ME.
Its logical to infer it happened in greater numbers on your end. I’m not mad… I pulled my weight.
Barbara Comstock doubled up Bob Marshall. That wasn’t the product of a small handful of Democrats showing up. Democrats do not impact the results of primaries, period.
Congrats to her. I’d say 1000 came out and voted for her. With 13,600 people… That’s fair.
I would say, based on your anecdotal and mine, that the number of Democrats who came out and voted pretty much cancelled each other out.
You are really mad. Sorry you are wrong.
However… A couple of those precinct #’s in NOVA… Had to be known by the core team and nothing was done to fix that. That bothers me way more about our effort. No names but the guy I’m talking about should asked for some help and he said nothing… That does chap my ass.
That’s BS.
It is probably time to close the primaries. I really don’t think Democrats choosing Republican candidates is a good way to go. We get stuck with folks that don’t seem to adhere to the Republican platform and will not fight for our principles.
Betsy, you are high off your ass if you think Democrats have influenced the outcome of our primaries, especially this one.
As a general rule it is best to keep them closed. It eliminates the problem because it is then settled. Works great in other places. This is the first place I have lived where the election rules were like this. It just eliminates a lot of fussing and name calling. Just saying.
First, to have closed primaries you need to have party registration. We don’t have that in Virginia. I’m fine with that, because I don’t think the government should have a list of people based on what they think.
Second, the “problem” doesn’t exist, beyond being a talking point and an excuse for people when their candidate doesn’t get enough voters to support them.
I think democrats like her. That’s good for her not bad.
Were you at any of the polls today? I don’t particularly care what you “think” when it comes to your wild guesses as to why your candidate lost.
(1) Bob lost because of three reasons.
(2) none had to do with democrats voting
(3) It was my observation and inference.
(4) draw whatever conclusions you want to “think” about that.
I agree, and appreciate you saying as such. The reason why I’m pushing back so vehemently, and at times hostilely, is because others latch onto it as a reason to still believe that Comstock isn’t worth supporting. I’m sorry if sometimes I assume that you are as bad as others I interact with.
It’s long past time to close the primaries, and this is a step down that road until we have registration by party. This was the most Republican contest we could have outside of a convention. The party we can fix — people, not so much.
I was in the voting room. We had maybe at the most 10 Dems. One of them being me because I voted I 2013 Dem primary. They had to go to a separate place to vote. I saw 2 leave because the would not sign the separate Dem reconciliation pledge to the Republican Party. You choose o believe the worst so be it. Next volunteer to work inside and see what is really happening. I am sorry Marshall did not win for you. I am sure you gave lots of money, made calls, and door knocked for him. He will need your help again in 2015.
Bob is a true patriot. Love that guy! I know he would have been a great congressman. He’s been true statesman for all of us for many years.
And if a lot of dems did come out and vote, then they would have been incentivized to vote against Comstock. Why? Because the dems would have wanted a GOP primary winner they can easily defeat in the general election, i.e., Marshall. Operation Chaos can go both ways.
Excuse me, Blue Virginia is slamming Barbara for voting for her position on abortion, lack of support for gay marriage, and voting against Hiilary Clinton. How right of right do you have to be to be a conservative? So you want the district to go blue. Followed by various hose seats. So you a good Conservative promised to support the winner, but because your guy did not win you will go home cry?
that’s how we lose elections, he might as well vote for Foust, right? How dumb is that? But no worries, Barbara will do just fine, as she demonstrated by her remarkable numbers!
If we lose, I don’t care anymore. Maybe it will teach the establishment, RINO, Republicans to actually stand for something…to do something they haven’t done in a looooong time…uphold the Republican platform.
She is up holding the Republican platform. They cannot do anything with Harry Reid stoping every bill. Just think where we would be today if Obama had not been re-elected. No Obama no care. Keystone pipeline finishing up. Stand up to Putin. Not the laughingstock of the world. Maybe even more jobs. You and 4 million others did not vote for Romney so we have what we have now. Need to reverse it.
Barbara Comstock is NOT a RINO.
Let’s hope not. Washington is a different beast.
She may lose numbers in the party but I think there’s a segment of democrats that really like her.
So what? Many democrats have lost their healthcare and finally realize Obama is a liar after all. Democratic candidates are campaigning against Obamacare, to include Mark Warner! An independent candidate backed by the Arlington GOP won last week, in the people’s (very blue) republic of Arlington, first time since the 70s. That says a lot!
I NEVER promised to support the winner. I will NOT support a RINO, someone who voted for Obama, someone who is okay with the NDAA, etc…
As far as going blue…we already ARE blue. The Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, and both Senators are Dems.
I’d rather sit home than compromise my principles, values, morals, etc…How ANY Republican could vote for Comstock, who voted for the MOST liberal, anti-American candidate in history is beyond me. No mam, I’ll sit this one out.
I hope you did not vote today. Would not want you compromising your values by not following through on your promise.
If you signed the intent form you did.
You do realize that literally everything you said is wrong.
You are wrong on every count, buddy!
The party has clearly decided that Barbara Comstock is conservative enough for the 10th and that the most Conservative Bob Marshall is not electable enough to be the nominee. That may not have been our personal choice, but Barbara earned the nomination fair and square and if we don’t do all we can to drag her across the finish line in November, we don’t deserve to vote and play in the process at all.
Amen!
Wow. I happened across this blog, and, now that I’m reading the articles, what happened to Ronald Reagan’s eleventh commandment?
Oh, have you been reading about all the of the candidates and bloggers who have attacked Comstock non-stop?
I have never attacked Barbara. You must be thinking of some other blog.
Ha must have been under a rock because the attacks on Comstock for the past 4 months have been like something out of Game of Thrones.
….except that there’s no such thing, and that its a myth?
Eric, being a Conservative myself, I would like to ask that someone explain a bill that Comstock introduced in the 2013 Va. General Assembly. Her bill was HB 1930, annual state tax increases forever?? Does anyone need a link to this bill?
Also, could someone explain her support for the massive State Republican budget increases that she voted for??? These budget increases being many times the cost of living, or rate of inflation???
Barbara Comstock, a Conservative?? Republican yes, But Conservative?? You just got to be kidding?
You forgot the city of Winchester. Probably not significant but they voted.
Tough Day
Yeah. I thought FC would take 1500 votes for Bob.
I had few illusions going in. I’m just so SICK of this country club, I’m the next in line, and “it was ONLY a social issue” stuff. That “social issue” is why I have voted GOP for every State and Federal position since 1972, with the exception of Mitt Romney.
Bob got my vote when he said directly to me that he was going to try and get the spying on American citizens accused of no crime stopped.
Good news is we still have him fighting in Richmond.
I would lift you up, but I’m just not sure I can. Not seeing a lot of good news here. I actually think this increases the opportunity for a Dem victory in the Fall. The same way Romney lost.
I worked on Wolf campaigns repeatedly over the … well… decades, really… but I had to tell him I would not support him if he ran again, due to the NSA bit.
That was a very difficult thing for me to do.
Its a tough day for conservatives in Virginia. The moral fabric is destroyed.
I hope not. Some of the postings on this blog do make me wonder. I hope not.
If its any consolation, the left is already attacking Barbara as a “Breitbart extremist” on twitter 🙂
How would that be a consolation?
That was going to happen, almost no matter which of the candidates won.
The question is whether she can convince the base that she’s reliable concerning the platform.
It will be a lot easier to get the base’s support now that the primary is over, and she no longer has 3-4 opposing campaigns constantly lying about her record.
I’m working on getting you a moderator login. 🙂
I was hoping you would say that 😉
I personally witnessed 70-90 voters walk out because they refused to sign that pledge.
That isn’t a surprise.
Excuse me, but Barbara was NOT “next in line”. She EARNED everything up to this point, including:
–Winning a House of Delegates district three times (one that Obama carried, no less), despite being the Democrat’s top target each time.
— She was a top target because she racked up a conservative voting record in Richmond, including being strongly pro-life and even voting against the transportation tax increases that House leadership pushed last year.
— Now that she’s running for Congress, she clearly wasn’t given anything, given Marshall’s entry, and withstanding a barrage of lies and attacks, and she outworked and outraised the field, winning the nomination in a firehouse primary with 60% of the vote.
Barbara Comstock, nor anyone else, has ever downplayed the importance of pro-life issues, or said “its only a social issue”.
It is who gave her money and her acceptance of it that is concerning. Social issues are very important to many Republicans. She seems to be weak there.
Who gave her money also gave money to Ken Cuccinelli, Bob McDonnell, Tom Cotton, and Steve Hunt. Don’t believe the self-serving lies of losing campaigns.
Hate to say I told you so!
Knowing it’s going to happen, and supporting it happening are two different things. This was going to happen.
Pity
WOW, WOW Langley numbers!!!! Holy Smokes!!!!
By my count, so far that’s 10,514 votes with Comstock leading 59%.
Sounds right to me.
Since I can’t be the only one who wondered about the overall percentage breakdown, here’s the percentages based on the 12,647 votes reported above (which exclude Manassas):
Comstock 55.59%
Marshall 27.03%
Lind 8.45%
Hollingshead 6.20%
Wasinger 2.05%
Savitt 0.67%
Thanks, Patrick!
Not a problem, figured it’s easy enough to share my cocktail napkin arithmetic.
I was using a little calculator, but I do remember the napkin arithmetic well. 🙂
that’s a landslide, and I’m not surprised!
I was within a pretty reasonable margin of error on every candidate
Congrats to Chairman Comstock on her great win today!! Time to unite and get behind a winner.
I suppose there is little choice. I would be a whole lot more comfortable except for all the glee “we hated the other candidates” stuff I’m seeing here.
How many votes did Marshall get in Prince William?
Bob Marshall wins Prince William county, with 679, Comstock 498, Howie 99, Hollingshead 55, Wasinger 8, Savitt 3, total 1342.
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the suspense is killing me
Mob scene at Langely High School. I did see a Marshall supporter there, however. 😉
“Mob scene” in a good way, or a bad way?
I would think a good way if your first name is Barbara.
Good way! I was there, it was Comstock country!
It was always going to be. The Eastern side of the District is not a surprise.