ECISION 20-17 TEAM COVERAGE.
LIVE REPORTS FROM ACROSS THE
COMMONWEALTH AS SOME OF THIS
ELECTION'S BIGGEST RACES COME TO
AN END.
WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND
AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S ELECTION
RESULTS.
GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
I'M JOHN CARLIN.
AND I'M LINDSEY WARD.
TONIGHT ... THE COMMONWEALTH
AND MUCH OF THE NATION ARE
WATCHING AS VIRGINIA ELECTS A
NEW GOVERNOR.
WITH POLLS CLOSING AT SEVEN
... VOTERS HAVE A LITTLE OVER AN
HOUR LEFT TO CHOSE THEIR NEW
GOVERNOR.
THE LATEST NUMBERS SHOWS A
VERY CLOSE RACE AS
REPUBLICAN "ED GILLESPIE" FACES
OFF AGAINST DEMOCRAT "RALPH
NORTHAM."
OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF TONIGHT'S
ELECTION BEGINS WITH TEN NEWS
REPORTER
"ROB MANCH" AT THE THE GILLESPIE
CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS OUTSIDE OF
RICHMOND.
ROB ... YOU SPOKE WITH THE
CAMPAIGN MANAGER EARLIER, WHAT
DOES HE SAY ARE THE KEYS TO
VICTORY?
THE CAMPAIGN SAYS NUMBER ONE IS
TURNING OUT THE VOTE.
GILLESPIE HAS BEEN TRAVELING
ACROSS THE STATE ON THIS RAINY
TUESDAY ENCOURAGING VOTERS,
STARTING WITH HIS HOME
PRECINCT IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
EARLIER TODAY, GILLESPIE CAST
HIS
BALLOT IN ALEXANDRIA BEFORE
TAKING A TOUR AROUND THE STATE
TO ENCOURAGE ALL
OTHER ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO DO THE
SAME.
CAMPAIGN MANAGER PETE
SNYDER SAYS VOTERS HOPING FOR A
GILLESPIE WIN HAVE ONE MAJOR
ISSUE ON THE MIND.
PETE SNYDER, GILLESPIE CAMPAIGN
MANAGER: 04:58:04 "EVERYBODY
WANTS TO TRY TO GET AN AMAZON
AND TRUST ME, GOVERNOR GILLESPIE
WILL BE GOING AFTER THEM HARD,
BUT WHY DON'T WE
GROW OUR OWN AMAZONS? RIGHT IN
THE NEW RIVER VALLEY, IN
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, AND OF
COURSE IN HAMPTON ROADS."
SNYDER SAYS THE CAMPAIGN IS
HOPING GILLESPIE'S PROPOSAL TO
CUT
INCOME TAXES BY 10 PERCENT WILL
BE
APPEALING TO COMPANIES LIKE
AMAZON THAT ARE CONSIDERING
VIRGINIA AS A PLACE TO DO
BUSINESS.
COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR
...
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE CAMPAIGN
ABOUT WHAT OTHER ISSUES BESIDES
THE
ECONOMY VOTERS ARE TUNED INTO AS
THEY CAST THEIR VOTES TODAY.. IN
HENRICO COUNTY, ROB MANCH 10
NEWS WORKING FOR YOU.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF THE
NATIONALLY- WATCHED
GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION CONTINUES
...
WITH 10 NEWS REPORTER "JESSICA
JEWELL IN FAIRFAX.
SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM
DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE "RALPH NORTHAM'S"
WATCH
PARTY AT GEORGE MASON
UNIVERSITY.
JESSICA.... WHAT'S GOING ON OUT
THERE?
THEY'RE SETTING UP FOR WHAT THEY
HOPE WILL BE A VICTORY PARTY
TONIGHT.
THEY FELT MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT
THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO THAN
THEY HAVE RECENTLY... AS POLLS
SHOW NORTHAM EITHER
TIED WITH GILLESPIE... OR WITH A
SLIGHT LEAD.
BOTH CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN MAKING
AN AGGRESSIVE LAST MINUTE PUSH
FOR YOUR VOTES.
NORTHAM CAST HIS OWN BALLOT IN
NORFOLK THIS MORNING BEFORE
CAMPAIGNING THERE AND IN
RICHMOND... BUT HE'S SPENT SOME
TIME IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
RECENTLY
TOO.
WHILE IN ROANOKE YESTERDAY, WE
ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS ON
GUN CONTROL IN THE WAKE OF THE
TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTING.
24:44 "AS YOU KNOW I BELIEVE IN
THE SECOND AMENDMENT BUT
WE CAN'T JUST KEEP HAVING THESE
TRAGEDIES AND SO WE'VE
GOT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT
THINGS LIKE UNIVERSAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS, MOST
VIRGINIANS AGREE ON THAT. I'M
WILLING TO LEAD THOSE
DISCUSSIONS AND DO EVERYTHING I
CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE"
AS ONE OF ONLY TWO STATES
ELECTING A GOVERNOR THIS
YEAR, THIS RACE IS EXPECTED TO
BE A
GOOD INDICATOR OF HOW VOTERS
REACT TO DONALD TRUMP'S
PRESIDENCY.
AND PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT ARE
HOPING THAT WILL SWING IN THEIR
FAVOR.
ARGUABLY THE MOST HOT BUTTON
ISSUE IN THE COMMONWEALTH IS
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH
CONFEDERATE STATUES.
HEAR WHAT NORTHAM HAS TO SAY
ABOUT THEIR FUTURE COMING UP
AT 6.
LIVE IN FAIRFAX, JJ. 10 NEWS
WORKING
FOR YA
ONE OF THE THREE STATE-WIDE
POSITIONS ARE UP FOR ELECTION
THIS
YEAR IS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
DEMOCRAT "JUSTIN FAIRFAX" FACES
OFF
AGAINST REPUBLICAN "JILL VOGEL."
AND 10 NEWS POLITICAL ANALYST
"DOCTOR ED LYNCH" THINKS THIS IS
THE
REPUBLICANS BEST CHANCE FOR A
VICTORY.
DR. ED LYNCH/ 10 NEWS POLITICAL
ANALYST - "FAIRFAX IS NOT WELL
KNOW, AT LEAST NOT AS WELL KNOW
AS THE OTHER CANDIDATES. JILL
VOGEL, ON THE OTHER HAND HAS A
SOLID RECORD
IN THE STATE SENATE. IS WELL
KNOW, IS WELL LIKED, RAN A VERY
VERY GOOD CAMPAIGN AND A TOUGH
RACE. I THINK THIS IS
WHERE THE REPUBLICANS HAVE THE
BEST CHANCE TONIGHT."
LYNCH SAYS THE 12-TH DISTRICT
RACE FOR THE HOUSE OF
DELEGATES SEAT COULD CLOSE. HEAR
MORE ABOUT HIS ANALYSIS ON
THIS RACE TONIGHT ON 10 NEWS AT
SIX
ON TODAY'S BALLOT ... VIRGINIAS
ARE
ALSO VOTING FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
REPUBLICAN "JOHN ADAMS" IS
CHALLENGING DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT
"MARK HERRING."
DURING HERRING'S FOUR YEARS IN
OFFICE HE'S WORKED TO TACKLE
THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND HELP
SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS.
THIS IS ADAMS' FIRST TIME
RUNNING.
HE'S A FORMER NAVAL OFFICER AND
U-S SUPREME COURT CLERK.
POLLS HAVE BEEN OPEN SINCE SIX
THIS MORNING ... WHERE SEVERAL
LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA HAVE SEEN A STEADY
STREAM
OF VOTERS.
10 NEWS REPORTER "ALISON
WICKLINE" JOINS US NOW
LIVE FROM A POLLING LOCATION
IN ROANOKE COUNTY THAT SAW A
MUCH LONGER WAIT TIME DURING THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ALISON,
HOW'S THE TURNOUT BEEN?
WE'RE HERE AT BONSACK BAPTIST
CHURCH, WHERE LAST YEAR, VOTER
WAIT TIMES REACHED ABOUT
TWO HOURS.
THIS YEAR, THINGS HAVE GONE MUCH
MORE SMOOTHLY HERE. AND SO FAR
VOTER TURNOUT HAS BEEN HIGHER
THAN EXPECTED. ROANOKE COUNTY
ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE
SEEN AN INCREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF VOTERS SINCE
2013.
MAUREEN HARRILL/ VOTER -
10:42:33 "THIS IS A DEMOCRACY
MAUREEN HARRILL/ VOTER -
10:42:33 "THIS IS A DEMOCRACY
AND
PEOPLE NEED TO EXPRESS THEIR
BELIEFS. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT."
10:42:43
AGAIN, YOU STILL HAVE UNTIL 7 TO
GET OUT HERE AND CAST YOUR
BALLOT. LIVE IN ROANOKE COUNTY,
ALISON
WICKLINE 10 NEWS WORKING FOR
YOU.
MEANWHILE IN SOUTHSIDE ....
VOTER TURNOUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BE ANY HIGHER THAN USUAL FOR A
GOVERNOR'S ELECTION. THAT'S
BASED ON ABSENTEE VOTING
NUMBERS.
DANVILLE'S REGISTRAR BELIEVES A
LACK OF CONTESTED LOCAL
ELECTIONS WILL KEEP TURNOUT
LOWER THAN OTHER AREAS THAT ARE
SEEING NUMBERS SIMILAR TO THAT
OF
A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. TWO
VOTERS WE SPOKE TO SAY THEY
ALWAYS VOTE .... NO MATTER WHAT
THE
ELECTION.
JOAN SCHWARZ/VOTER:
"PARTICULARLY IN THESE DAYS AND
TIMES, I THINK WE NEED TO GET
OUT
AND VOTE AND THIS IS A RIGHT
THAT WE HAVE AND EVERYBODY
SHOULD EXERCISE THAT RIGHT NO
MATTER WHAT THE ELECTION IS."
JOHN PATTERSON/VOTE
R: "I THINK THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO
BE HEARD. YOU NEED TO EXPRESS
YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ISSUES."
THE REGISTRAR SAYS SHE EXPECTS
VOTER TURNOUT TO BE AROUND 40
PERCENT.
WHILE MOST EYES ARE ON THE RACE
FOR GOVERNOR ... ONE LOCAL
"HOUSE
OF DELEGATES" RACE IS RECEIVING
NATIONAL ATTENTION AS WELL.
COMBINED ... BOTH CANDIDATES FOR
THE 12-TH DISTRICT ... WHICH
COVERS
THE NEW RIVER VALLEY ... HAVE
SPENT MORE THAN A MILLION
DOLLARS
CAMPAIGNING.
DEMOCRAT "CHRIS HURST" HOPES TO
UNSEAT REPUBLICAN
"JOSEPH YOST."
10 NEWS REPORTER "TOMMY LOPEZ"
IS LIVE IN BLACKSBURG ...
WHERE HURST IS HOLDING HIS WATCH
PARTY.
TOMMY ... WHAT HAS HURST BEEN
DOING TO GAIN LAST MINUTE
SUPPORT?
WE'RE HERE AT THE HYATT PLACE
HOTEL IN BLACKSBURG, WHERE
CHRIST
HURST WILL BE RETURNING LATER
THIS EVENING.
HURST IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS
FIRST-EVER ELECTION NIGHT AS A
CANDIDATE. HE'S SPENT TIME IN
BLACKSBURG, RADFORD AND
GILES COUNTY TODAY.
HE SAYS IF HE WINS HE'S LOOKING
FORWARD TO GETTING TO WORK
RIGHT AWAY TO REPRESENT THE
PEOPLE OF THIS DISTRICT.
CHRIS HURST/D12TH DISTRICT
CANDIDATE16:32:10 "IT WOULD MEAN
I WOULD HAVE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO,
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LEARNING
TO DO, AND MORE EFFORT TO PUT IN
TO MEET MORE PEOPLE IN THIS
DISTRICT AND
CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND MORE
DEEPLY THE NEEDS AND
VALUES OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS
DISTRICT." 16:32:30
THERE HAS BEEN INTERNATIONAL
ATTENTION ON THIS RACE,
FOLLOWING
HURST AND HIS TRAGIC PAST TWO-
PLUS YEARS. WE'LL HEAR WHAT HE
SAYS HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE MEANT
TO HIM
COMING UP IN 30 MINUTES .
IN BLACKSBURG, TL 10 NEWS
WORKING FOR YOU.
MEANWHILE ACROSS THE VALLEY
IN PEARISBURG ...
OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH
10 NEWS REPORTER
'IRISHA JONES" AT REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE "JOSEPH YOST'S"
ELECTION
PARTY.
IRISHA HOW ARE YOST SUPPORTERS
FEELING AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S
RESULTS
...?
IT'S A QUITE SETTING RIGHT
NOW...BUT THE ROOM IS SETUP FOR
A CELEBRATION TONIGHT. JOSEPH
YOST IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
BEFORE
THE POLLS CLOSE AT 7.
YOST HAS REPRESENTED
GILES COUNTY FOR SIX YEARS. HE'S
FROM THE AREA AND SAYS HE'S
READY TO GET BACK TO THE
IMPORTANT
THINGS TO HELP THE
AREA...INCLUDING FOCUSING ON
EDUCATION.
59:18:24-32:03 JOSEPH YOST/ R
12TH DISTRICT CANDIDATE - IF
YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET THAT
WE'VE PASSED IN THE GENERAL
SIMPLY EACH YEAR THAT I VOTED
ON, EDUCATION FUNDING IS IS
THERE FOR ALL THE DIVISIONS IN
THE 12 DISTRICT HAS GROWN
STEADILY. IS THERE MORE WORK
LEFT TO BE DONE
ABSOLUTELY.
YOST SAYS HE ALSO PROUD OF THE
WORK HE'S DONE TO HELP MENTAL
HEALTH HOSPITALS.
LIVE IN GILES, IRISHA JONES 10
NEWS WORKING FOR YOU.
WITH NEARLY 90 DIFFERENT
ELECTIONS IN OUR AREA ... WE ARE
CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE ALL
OF THEM AND WILL KEEP YOU
UPDATED
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. BE SURE TO
WATCH US TONIGHT AT SIX ...
SEVEN AND ELEVEN FOR CONTINUED
TEAM COVERAGE.
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