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Ransone, Frederick, Garrett and Webert win local primaries Date published: 8/24/2011
BY CHELYEN DAVIS Both political parties finalized their slates of legislative candidates yesterday with a group of primary elections around the state. All 140 General Assembly seats are up for election this year, and Republicans are hoping to seize the chance to retake control of the state Senate, where Democrats have only a two-seat majority. Locally, Republicans held four primaries to nominate candidates. In the 99th House District, Margaret Bevans Ransone won the Republican nomination. The 99th covers all of the Northern Neck and part of Caroline County. The incumbent, Del. Albert Pollard, is retiring. Ransone took 61 percent of the vote to beat Dean Sumner, who had 21 percent, and John Lampmann, with 18 percent. Ransone had the lead in every county in the district. About 12 percent of the district's registered voters turned out for the election. Reached by phone last night, Ransone said she was excited to be the nominee. "I am so grateful that people came out like this," she said. "So it's a good feeling. I am really energized, I'm going to take all that energy straight forward to the general. I'm so proud." Ransone will face Democrat Nick Smith in the general election. In the 36th state Senate race, former delegate Jeff Frederick beat out conservative activist Tito Munoz for the nomination. Frederick will face Sen. Toddy Puller, the Democratic incumbent, in the fall election. Frederick won the nomination easily, with 70 percent of the vote to Munoz's 30 percent. Frederick, reached by telephone Tuesday night, said he was happy about the win. "It was a good race, but it's not over yet," Frederick said. "We still have a much bigger challenge ahead. We can't solve everything in Virginia by raising the taxes, and that has been Sen. Puller's primary solution to the challenges that people face. And if we're going to attract businesses, create jobs, grow our economy, that's exactly the wrong way to go." Turnout in the district was only about 5 percent. The 36th is mainly a Prince William and Fairfax district but was redrawn to include part of Stafford County in this year's redistricting. Also thanks to redistricting, the 22nd state Senate seat was moved east and became open, leading five Republicans to seek the nomination in the primary.
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