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The Montgomery County School Board meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. Here's the agenda.

Christiansburg Town Council meets tonight at 7:30. Here's the agenda.

The board meets at 7:30 p.m. Here's the agenda.

Town council meets at 7:30 p.m. Here's the agenda.

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Radford City Council meets at 7:30 p.m. Here's the agenda.

Dave Nutter won a fifth term in the Virginia House of Delegates Tuesday.
Unofficial results showed Nutter, 54, an economic development specialist at Virginia Tech, came out well ahead of challenger Peggy Frank, an assistant commonwealth’s attorney in Pulaski County.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Nutter received nearly 60 percent of the votes cast.
“I think people were responding a lot to a basic message of getting the job done. I’ve been able to do that in the General Assembly,” Nutter said.
Two years ago, the district’s voters also chose Nutter, a Republican, over Frank. The race was decided by fewer than 700 votes.
This time, Nutter pulled significantly ahead. He beat Frank in her home county of Pulaski, garnering 69 percent of the vote. Nutter took slightly more than 60 percent of the votes cast in Montgomery County.
In contrast, Radford nearly split over the question of which one should be the region’s next lawmaker, with 54 percent voting for Nutter and 46 percent voting for Frank.
Nutter also led in fund-raising. His campaign raised $197,621 in money and in-kind donations and spent $177,291. Frank’s campaign chest came to $150,569. She spent $116,675.
This will be Nutter’s fifth term representing the state’s 7th House district, which consists of Radford and portions of Montgomery and Pulaski counties.
One voter who cast his ballot for Nutter explained his decision this way.
“I can rely on him to be against cap and trade,” said Mark Larkin of Claytor Lake. “I can rely on him to be against a public option. I can rely on him to be against big government.”
Kate Smith, who lives in the Pulaski County community of Mountain View, said she was struck that she did not seen Frank campaign signs nor receive a mailing in the rural community.
“It made me think she wasn’t interested in our area,” said Smith, who gave her vote to Nutter.
Carlotta Lewis, a Pulaski County resident, said she liked Frank and based her decision to vote for her on TV commercials and a call to her home from the campaign.
“She’s capable and she will do a good job,” Lewis said upon leaving her polling place.
-- Jeff Sturgeon

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With nearly 90 percent of the vote, Christiansburg residents voted to change the muncipal elections from May to November, beginning in 2011, according to unofficial tallies from the Montgomery County regisitrar's office.

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John Bush celebrates his win.

Four available Blacksburg Town Council seats were won tonight by incumbent Susan Anderson and newcomers John Bush, Krisha Chachra and Cecile Newcomb, according to the Montgomery County registrar's office.

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Dave Nutter won a fifth term in the Virginia House of Delegates tonight, the Associated Press reported.

Incomplete returns showed Nutter, 54, an economic development specialist at Virginia Tech, well ahead of challenger Peggy Frank, an assistant commonwealth’s attorney in Pulaski County.

Two years ago, when offered the same two choices, the district's voters also chose Nutter, a Republican. The 2007 contest was a close race decided by fewer than 700 votes out of 12,644 ballots cast.

This time, Nutter pulled significantly ahead. He beat Frank in her home county of Pulaski, garnering 69 percent of the vote. However, Radford nearly split over the question of which one should be the region’s next lawmaker, with 54 percent voting for Nutter and 46 percent voting for Frank.

Montgomery County has not reported any results to the State Board of Elections as of 9:45 p.m.

We have complete results here.

We have analysis of the statewide results here.