2009.11.03
Nutter re-elected to House of Delegates
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.
