Reston Election Results: Polls Are Now Closed

RESTON, VA — On Tuesday, Reston residents went to the polls to cast their vote in a number of races — both national and local.

Polls closed in Reston at 7 p.m., and all that's left to do is count the votes and tally the results. Patch will be updating this article throughout the night with the latest vote totals.

This year, Reston voters decided on races for president and vice president, U.S. House and U.S. Senate as well as state constitutional amendments, and Fairfax County bond questions.

Ismail Buber of Reston didn't have time to vote early, but he didn't want to miss out either, so he made it out to the polls at Lake Anne Elementary with about an hour to spare. No particular issue had brought him out to vote. He was just doing his civic duty.

"Today's the last day, I guess, so I finally made it. I'm so proud of it as a U.S. citizen," said Buber, who has voted in every presidential election since becoming a citizen in 2000. "I think every U.S. citizen should vote."

Bryce Wence, 24, also felt like it was his civic duty to vote.

"It's my first time voting. I just wanted to be a part of it," he said. "Honestly, I'm in the middle, but I picked the lesser of two evils. That was my opinion."

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Unofficial Results

President and Vice President

• Joseph R. Biden, President and Kamala D. Harris, Vice President - Democrat

• Donald J. Trump, President and Michael R. Pence, Vice President - Republican

• Jo Jorgensen, President and Jeremy F. "Spike" Cohen, Vice President - Libertarian

Member, United States Senate

• Mark R. Warner - Democrat

• Daniel M. Gade - Republican

Member House of Representatives, 11th District

• Gerry E. "Gerry" Connolly - Democrat

• Manga A. Anantatmula - Republican

Constitutional Amendment #1
Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to establish a redistricting commission, consisting of eight members of the General Assembly and eight citizens of the Commonwealth, that is responsible for drawing the congressional and state legislative districts that will be subsequently voted on, but not changed by, the General Assembly and enacted without the Governor's involvement and to give the responsibility of drawing districts to the Supreme Court of Virginia if the redistricting commission fails to draw districts or the General Assembly fails to enact districts by certain deadlines?

Read Patch's full Election 2020 voters guide for Reston.

Constitutional Amendment #2
Should an automobile or pickup truck that is owned and used primarily by or for a veteran of the United States armed forces or the Virginia National Guard who has a one hundred percent service connected, permanent, and total disability be free from state and local taxation?

Public library bonds
Shall Fairfax County, Virginia, contract a debt, borrow money, and issue bonds in addition to the public library facilities bonds previously authorized, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $90,000,000 for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, to finance the cost to provide public library facilities, including the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, and equipment of existing and additional library facilities and the acquisition of necessary land?

Transportation bonds
Shall Fairfax County, Virginia, contract a debt, borrow money, and issue bonds, in addition to the transportation improvements and facilities bonds previously authorized, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $160,000,000 for the purpose of financing Fairfax County's share, under the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact, of the cost of constructing, reconstructing, improving, and acquiring transportation improvements and facilities, including capital costs of land, transit facilities, rolling stock, and equipment in the Washington metropolitan area?

Community health and human services bonds
Shall Fairfax County, Virginia, contract a debt, borrow money, and issue bonds, in addition to the human services facilities bonds previously authorized, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $79,000,000 for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, to finance the cost to provide community health and human services facilities, including the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, and equipment of existing and additional community health and human services facilities and the acquisition of necessary land?

Parks and parks facilities bonds
Shall Fairfax County, Virginia, contract a debt, borrow money, and issue bonds, in addition to the parks and park facilities bonds previously authorized, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $112,000,000 for the following purposes: (i) $100,000,000 principal amount to finance the Fairfax County Park Authority's cost to acquire, construct, reconstruct, develop, and equip additional parks and park facilities, to preserve open-space land, and to develop and improve existing parks and park facilities; and (ii) $12,000,000 principal amount to finance Fairfax County's contribution to the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority to acquire, construct, reconstruct, develop, and equip parks and park facilities?

Virginians are expected to choose former Vice President Joe Biden (D) over President Donald Trump by a wide margin, according to a recent poll by FiveThirtyEight. In addition, incumbent Sen. Mark Warner (D) is expected to beat challenger Daniel M. Gade (R).

In the 11th Congressional District, Rep. Gerard Connolly (D) is running for re-election against Manga Anantatmula (R).

Connolly, in a letter to constituents, noted that two areas that have been left unaddressed by Congress are aid to state and local governments and saving the postal service.

"As a former chairman of Fairfax County, I'm especially cognizant of the needs of local governments," Connolly said.

Connolly said he has a call with leaders from local government in the 11th District to hear first-hand about the problems they are facing. "They're not only facing massive unexpected direct costs from treating coronavirus, but are seeing their own tax bases utterly decimated," he said. "Failing to shore up state and local governments finances now will lead to unnecessary budget cuts, job losses, and a deeper recession."

On her website, Anantatmula said she has refused to take any government assistance for her son while he was growing up even though the Fairfax County Public School offered free lunch during his school days. "My husband and I worked hard to pull ourselves up," she said. "We believe in individual responsibility, self-reliance, and hard work; and we taught these same values to our son."

Anantatmula also said on her website that politicians "are shutting down schools for political reasons and it has nothing to do with COVID."

"School closure disrupts all of this. Reopening schools — while taking precautions to protect students, teachers, staff, and families — invest in our children," she said.

Visit the Virginia Department of Elections website to access election results.

This article originally appeared on the Reston Patch