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Live Blog: Oleszek Wins By 42 Votes in Braddock Race

Election day coverage

The Braddock District Board of Supervisors race ended with Janet Oleszek beating out opponent Chris Wade by just 42 votes.

Oleszek had 1,955 votes to Wade’s 1,913, according to the Virginia State Board of Election results.

The race, though close, would not qualify for a recount under the state’s election laws. In Virginia, there are no automatic recounts.

Only an apparent losing candidate can ask for a recount, and only if the difference between the apparent winning candidate and that apparent losing candidates is not more than one percent of the total votes cast for those two candidates, according to the Virginia State Board of Election’s website.

Carey Campbell August 23, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Vote for the Independent candidate Carey Campbell for Braddock District Board of Supervisors on November 8, 2011.
Carey Campbell is U.S. Air Force veteran, accountant, and past Vice President of the Fairfax County Federation Civic Associations. Carey Campbell is an elected member of North Springfield Civic Association Board, & PTA. Carey Campbell is an advocate of "More Trains, Less Traffic". Build rail into our communities. Build a dedicated passenger track on Virginia Rail Express (VRE). Carey Campbell calls for installing electronic signs near VRE stations showing train schedules, and the next departures. New dedicated passenger tracks, more train engines means more trains, more often. Carey Campbell calls for working with the business community to build more solar, grow revenue, and business. Install solar panels on county buildings, and county schools to create revenue to build rail. Carey Campbell is the Independent candidate on the ballot for Braddock District on November 8, 2011. Carey Campbell has a Bachelors Degree from the University of Maryland, European Division, magna cum laude. Carey Campbell studied business and accounting at the University of Kentucky, and German language, history, and politics at the University of Freiburg, Germany while on active duty in the U.S. Air Force. Vote for the Independent Carey Campbell November 8, 2011 for Braddock District.
Carey Campbell August 23, 2011 at 07:27 pm
Applause to our civil servants today especially. The Virginia Board of Elections, and Fairfax County are saluted for keeping the polling places open, and rolling after earthquake.
Carey Campbell August 24, 2011 at 03:21 am
Congrats to all candidates on the ballot today for both the two larger parties. Thank you to all the neighbors in all the Braddock precincts. Appreciated the opportunity to see you and talk local issues, and hear your concerns on this beautiful day in our community.
Therese Tuley August 24, 2011 at 02:28 pm
Thank you to all of the candidates and to the voters who came out to the polls yesterday. I was most impressed by the comments of one woman who noted that she especially appreciated the privilege of voting, as she remembers the fixed elections (the Communist candidate always "won" by 90+%) in her native Poland before the fall of the the Soviet Union.
Leslie Perales Loges August 24, 2011 at 04:38 pm
I heard they're recounting. Any updates on this race?

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