What Democratic Slate Did Your Precinct Select?
A closer look at Tuesday's Democratic primary for Alexandria City Council.
David Fromm, a longtime officer in the Del Ray Citizens Association and loyal Patch reader, put together this map depicting the top six vote-getters at each of the city’s 26 precincts in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for City Council.
Tim Lovain, Justin Wilson, Allison Silberberg, Del Pepper, Paul Smedberg and John Chapman each earned nominations from a field of 14 candidates, but, as Fromm wrote in an email, “it is interesting to see what the slate for city council would have looked like if very local interests had prevailed.”
In general, candidates did well in and near the precincts where they live. Lovain told Patch on Tuesday that his large totals at the George Mason and Blessed Sacrament precincts in his neighborhood went a long way in helping him secure the most votes (5,388) of any candidate.
In the George Washington Middle School precinct, Wilson was the top vote-getter, followed by Lovain, Smedberg, Sean Holihan, Chapman and Pepper.
At the Mount Vernon Recreation Center precinct, Wilson took the most votes, followed by Smedberg, Lovain, Pepper, Holihan and Silberberg.
The Cora Kelly Recreation Center precinct was a little different; Pepper was the leading vote-getter, followed by Wilson, Victoria Menjivar, Sammie Moshenberg, Chapman and Smedberg.
At the Maury School precinct, Wilson took the most votes, followed by Smedberg, Lovain, Menjivar, Melissa Feld (a parent of two Maury students) and Silberberg.
In the Old Town-area precincts, Smedberg took the most votes in the Ladrey Senior Building, Fire Department Headquarters and Durant Center.
The City Hall precinct’s slate included Silberberg, Arthur Peabody, Menjivar, Moshenberg, Boyd Walker and Smedberg.
For a look at the complete results of Tuesday’s primary, check out the precinct-by-precinct totals on the Virginia State Board of Elections website.
John Argent
2:47 pm on Friday, June 15, 2012
Some trivia, if I've counted correctly:
* Only one precinct selected all 6 citywide winners: 101 (Ladrey)
* Three precincts selected only 2 of the citywide winners: 102 (City Hall), 209 (Polk), 305 (Adams)
* Despite receiving the most votes citywide, Lovain won outright only two precincts: 202 (George Mason) and 204 (Blessed Sacrament)
* Three unsuccessful candidates won at least one precinct: Fossum (210 St. James and 303 Beatley); Menjivar (305 Adams) and Holihan (208 Nova Arts)
* Only one candidate failed to appear in the top 6 in more than one precinct: Boyd Walker (who ranked 5th in 102 City Hall)
Eileen Cassidy Rivera
6:15 pm on Friday, June 15, 2012
For the record, Allison Silberberg won 6 precincts in Tuesday's primary: City Hall, Lyles Crouch, Agudas Achim, Beth El, Polk, and Ramsay -- showing strength, support and enthusiasm across Alexandria - from Old Town to the West End.
Eileen Cassidy Rivera
Former School Board Member, Alexandria City Public Schools
Co-Chair, Allison Silberberg for City Council
Drew Hansen
12:03 am on Saturday, June 16, 2012
Thanks for the correction, Eileen.
David
8:06 pm on Saturday, June 16, 2012
Eileen,
I rechecked my numbers and somehow one entry (for Allison) was off. Not certain how this happened since I was copying and pasting entire columns of numbers from the reported results. Anyway, I have corrected my numbers (the totals agree with those posted) and the map and sent the corrected map to Drew.
David
Drew Hansen
11:24 pm on Saturday, June 16, 2012
Corrected map is up.