Lunenburg Voters Select Trump, Garrett

LUNENBURG – Lunenburg County Voters turned out on Tuesday over the twelve county precincts and selected Donald Trump as the person they would like to be the newest President of the United States. Trump won in Lunenburg with over 57% of the vote and beat Hillary Clinton by nearly 1,000 total votes.

In the 5th District House of Representative seat, Lunenburg voters favored Tom Garrett, Jr. by an even wider margin as he took over 61% of the votes in the county.

Below are the final election results from the Virginia State Board of Elections website.

President and Vice President Results by Precinct

12 precincts of 12 (100.00%) reporting

Candidate Votes Percent

Hillary Clinton

Democratic 2,226 39.84%

Donald J. Trump

Republican 3,206 57.38%

Gary Johnson

Libertarian 88 1.58%

Jill Stein

Green 25 0.45%

Evan McMullin

Independent 32 0.57%

Write In

Write-In 10 0.18%

Member House of Representatives (05) Results by Precinct

12 precincts of 12 (100.00%) reporting

Candidate Votes Percent

Jane D. Dittmar

Democratic 2,016 38.82%

Tom A. Garrett, Jr.

Republican 3,171 61.06%

Write-In 6 0.12%

Proposed Constitutional Amendment Question 1 Results by Precinct

Should Article I of the Constitution of Virginia be amended to prohibit any agreement or combination between an employer and a labor union or labor organization whereby (i) nonmembers of the union or organization are denied the right to work for the employer, (ii) membership to the union or organization is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or (iii) the union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any such enterprise?

12 precincts of 12 (100.00%) reporting

Response Votes Percent

Yes 2,502 48.00%

No  2,710 52.00%

Proposed Constitutional Amendment Question 2 Results by Precinct

Shall the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to provide an option to the localities to exempt from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of any law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel who was killed in the line of duty, where the surviving spouse occupies the real property as his or her principal place of residence and has not remarried?

12 precincts of 12 (100.00%) reporting

Response Votes Percent

Yes 3,982 75.66%

No 1,281 24.34%