Live Election Results: 2024 Virginia Primary

>>> WJLA 24/7 NEWS ON YOUR SIDE AT 10:00 STARTS NOW. >>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL. WE HAVE A FULL HOUR OF COVERAGE AHEAD OF US. THERE ARE MAJOR RACES SET FOR TONIGHT IN VIRGINIA. WE HAVE FAST-MOVING DEVELOPMENTS AND SOME OF THEM COULD RESHAPE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. AMONG THE MARQUEE RACES, TWO CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS, A SENATE PRIMARY, AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN ARLINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA. SO LET'S LOOK AT WHERE THOSE RACES STAND, FIRST THE GOP PRIMARY TO DETERMINE WHO WILL CHALLENGE SENATE DEMOCRAT TIM KANE THIS FALL. YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS ON YOUR SCREEN. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CALLING THAT RACE AND HE WILL NOW REPRESENT THE REPUBLICANS COME NOVEMBER. THEN THE COMPETITION TO REPLACE THE OUTGOING DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE. SHE IS STEPPING ASIDE FOLLOWING HER DIAGNOSIS WITH A DEBILITATING DISEASE. THE FIGHT FOR HER SEAT IN VIRGINIA'S 10th DISTRICT IS NOW SET FOR THE FALL. ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE MIKE CLANCY HAS BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER ALSO FOR THE SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. . AND SHE IS LEAVING TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR. IT LOOKS LIKE HE WILL BE UP AGAINST DEREK ANDERSON, WHO WILL HAVE -- WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP. TWO SORT THROUGH THE NUMBERS AND GIVE US AN INSIDERS VIEW TONIGHT, WE HAVE FULL TEAM COVERAGE WITH MEGAN CLARK , CHRISTIAN FLORES AND OF COURSE, DAVE LUCAS IN THE STUDIO. THEY'RE GOING TO STAY WITH US THROUGH THE EVENING AS WE TRACK ALL OF THESE MAJOR RACES IN THE AREA BUT FIRST, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE EARLY NUMBERS AND WHAT THEY TELL US ABOUT THE MESSAGE OF VOTERS ARE SENDING TONIGHT. FOR MORE ON THAT, LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN ROGERS. WE HAVE SEEN THE GOP SENATE RACE CALLED AND WHAT OTHER PATTERNS ARE WE SEEING AT THIS HOUR? >> Reporter: THIS NIGHT COULD NOT HAVE GONE ANY BETTER. ALL THESE CANDIDATES ARE IN DIFFERENT COLORS AND THE ENTIRE MAP IS RED BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW MUCH HUNG CAO DOMINATED. THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE. THE NEAREST COMPETITOR ONLY GARNERED 10% OF THE VOTE AND SO FAR WE HAVE 86% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING. SO LIKELY WE WILL BE -- HUNG CAO IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE FALL, TO SEE HOW HE CAN RIDE THIS MOMENTUM AND LOOKING AT LOUDON COUNTIES AND POTENTIAL SWING COUNTIES .79% OF THE VOTES HERE AND 10,000 GARNERED HERE. HE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT TRADITIONALLY BLUE COUNTIES SUCH AS FAIRFAX. HE DID WELL HERE WITH 66% AND IN RICHMOND, 64% WITH 5400 VOTES HERE AND THEN OVER IN NORFOLK CITY WHERE HE GARNERED 59% OF THE VOTE. SOME OF THE RURAL AREAS, PRIMARILY RED AREAS HE WILL LIKELY NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES BUT HE WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE HOW HE CAN RIDE THIS MOMENTUM. IT IS A GOOD SIGN SHOWING THERE IS A RALLY BEHIND HIM AND WE WILL SEE HOW THIS IMPACTS HIM AGAINST TIM KANE. >>> 7NEWS ON YOUR SIDE WORKING TO GET YOU IMMEDIATE REACTION TONIGHT. AND WE ARE DOING JUST THAT, WE ARE SPEAKING TO ONE OF THOSE EARLIER WINNERS OF THE EVENING. AS MENTIONED, HUNG CAO IS THE GOP'S NOMINEE TO RUN AGAINST TIM KANE FOR THAT SENATE SEAT AND HE JOINS US LIVE. FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS. AND OVERWHELMING WIN FOR YOU. I WANT TO ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS KEY FOR YOU? YOU HAD THE MOST MONEY TO SPEND AND YOU ALSO HAD TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT. DO THOSE THINGS GO HAND-IN-HAND? >> THEY DID, BUT DON'T FORGET, I RAN FOR CONGRESS IN 2022 AND IT IS THE SAME MESSAGE, WHICH IS RESOUNDING ACROSS ALL OF VIRGINIA. IT IS AN HISTORIC MOMENT BECAUSE WE WON THE STATE , EVERY SINGLE COUNTY HERE. BUT IT IS THE MESSAGE THAT FALLS ON THE SAME DAY THAT JOE BIDEN DECIDES HE WANTS TO GIVE AMNESTY TO 500,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY CAME HERE FROM VIETNAM AS IMMIGRANTS AND WE WAITED HERE LEGALLY SEVEN YEARS TO GET THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND FOR THEM TO BRING PEOPLE IN THAT HATE AMERICA AND ARE DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY, AND IT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE YOUNG LADIES THAT WERE ASSAULTED BY THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THEY KEEP DOUBLING DOWN AND BACKING JOE BIDEN'S FAILED POLICIES FOR THE BORDER. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU, YOU KNOW WE TALK ABOUT SENATOR TIM KANE. A LOT OF THE PENDANTS, AND I KNOW YOU CAN DISMISS THEM QUICKLY IF YOU WANT BECAUSE POLITICS IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE THESE DAYS, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE SAYING THIS IS A SENATE SEAT THAT IS RELATIVELY SAFE FOR HIM AND VIRGINIA HAS LEANED DEMOCRAT AS OF LATE ALTHOUGH YOU COULD ARGUE IT IS A PURPLE STATE, IF YOU WANT. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS RACE AGAINST TIM KAINE, WHO IS SEEN AS A BIPARTISAN BROKER, SOMEONE WHO IS MODERATE, WELL-LIKED ACROSS THE BOARD, THAT IS A CHALLENGE, ISN'T IT? >> HE IS NOT REALLY MODERATE. LOOK AT EVERY VOTE HE HAS MADE. HE HAS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND I HAVE SCARS, SO YOU TELL ME WHO FOUGHT FOR AMERICA AND VIRGINIANS, AND WHO SACRIFICED FOR US? IT WAS NOT TIM KAINE, HE JUST LINED HIS POCKETS. AND PEOPLE ARE SEEING IT NOW. >> DAVE LUCAS HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN, AND WE ALWAYS LOOK AT HOLES IN MY BUSINESS, AND I'M SURE IN THE BUSINESS OF POLITICS AS WELL. ABOUT THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ON A POTENTIAL RACE BETWEEN YOU AND TIM KAINE WAS AN IMPACT RESEARCH POLL DONE APRIL 26 , SO A WHILE BACK, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT SHOWS YOU ABOUT 12 PERCENTAGE POINTS DOWN BEFORE ALL OF THIS, BEFORE THE CAMPAIGNING. THAT IS NOT A BAD SHOWING. CAN YOU MAKE THAT -- MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE AND WIN IN NOVEMBER? >> ABSOLUTELY, SIR. THIS WAS MONTHS BEFORE I WON THE PRIMARY AND PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW WHO WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME. BUT SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN POLLS THAT SHOW PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN NECK AND NECK IN VIRGINIA. THIS IS A COMMONWEALTH WHERE HE LOST BY 10 POINTS IN 2020 AND NOW HE HAS MADE THEM UP. DON'T FORGET, I LOST MORE THAN VIRGINIA BY ONLY SIX POINTS. I MOVED THE NEEDLE 13% AND THAT IS THE HARDEST PLACE FOR ANY REPUBLICAN TO WIN AND THEY MOVED IT 13% IN 2022. >> A MUCH MONEY WILL YOU HAVE TO RAISE? >> WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY WE NEED BUT IT IS SITTING IN YOUR LISTENER'S POCKETS RIGHT NOW. I THINK THIS WILL BE A $20 MILLION RACE FOR EACH PERSON. >> EXPENSIVE, INDEED . IT WILL BE A FIGHT AND A TESTAMENT THAT VIRGINIA IS ALWAYS SOMEWHAT PURPLE ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS A LITTLE MORE RED OR BLUE AT TIMES. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR VICTORY AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON WITH 7NEWS TONIGHT. >> IT IS A CROWDED FIELD . FOUR REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN SEEKING THAT NOMINATION BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MIKE CLANCY HAS WON THE REPUBLICAN NOD THERE AND THERE WERE ONE DOZEN DEMOCRATS LOOKING FOR THEIR SPOT. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE SUHAS SUBRANANYAM HAS THAT NOMINATION AS WELL. WE START THE EVENING AT THAT WATCH PARTY TONIGHT. NICK? >> Reporter: WE ARE ALIVE IN ASHBURN AT SUHAS SUBRANANYAM'S WATCH PARTY. HE HAS DECLARED VICTORY. IT APPEARS DEMOCRATS IN VIRGINIA'S 10th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MADE THEIR CHOICE FROM 12 DEMOCRATS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY CHOSE SENATOR SUHAS SUBRANANYAM TO REPRESENT THEIR PARTY. THE SENATOR JOINS US NOW LIVE ON 7NEWS. SENATOR, WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE THE PROJECTED WINNER? >> IT FEELS GREAT. I'M SO PROUD OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND ALL THE GRASSROOTS FOLKS THAT KNOCKED ON DOORS AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROUD OF THE PEOPLE HERE. I LOVE THEM AND WANT TO REPRESENT ALL OF THEM. >> Reporter: WHAT ARE YOUR TOP PRIORITIES? >> I SEE SO MANY DIVIDES IN OUR POLITICS RIGHT NOW AND SO MUCH DYSFUNCTION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, WHETHER THEY ARE DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS, NO MATTER WHO YOU LOVE OR WHERE YOU COME FROM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE FEELS REPRESENTED. BECAUSE I'M A GUY NAMED SUHAS SUBRANANYAM, SO MAYBE THEY'RE NOT IN THE RIGHT PARTY OR THINGS LIKE THAT, I WANT THEM TO FEEL REPRESENTED BY ME. >> Reporter: YOU ARE A STATE SENATOR WHO PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. YOU ARE A POLICY AIDE, AND HE SERVED IN THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE AS A TECH POLICY ADVISOR. TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAMILY STORY EMIGRATING FROM INDIA. >> MY MOTHER CAME. THE 10th DISTRICT WAS OUR ELLIS ISLAND. I DON'T THINK SHE EVER THOUGHT THAT OUR FAMILY WOULD HAVE SOMEONE ELECTED TO A POSITION LIKE THIS OR BE NOMINATED FOR A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. I DO KNOW THAT SHE CARED ABOUT SERVICE AND FAMILY AND TOLD ME DON'T JUST TAKE, ALWAYS GIVE BACK AND THAT IS WHAT GOT ME THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE. I CALLED HER TONIGHT AND WE WERE IN TEARS TALKING ABOUT LIKE HER JOURNEY FROM THE TIME SHE LANDED AT DULLES AIRPORT TO WHERE WE ARE NOW IS A FAMILY. >> THANK YOU FOR CHATTING WITH US. WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. >>> MEANWHILE, 7NEWS HAD A CAMERA AT MIKE CLANCY'S WATCH PARTY. HE IS TRYING TO FLIP THE 10th CONGRESSIONAL SEAT RED. HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS COALESCED AROUND A MESSAGE THAT IT IS TIME TO END THE BIDEN CHAOS AND RESTORE AMERICA. WE HAVE TO END THE CHAOS IN OUR SOUTHERN BORDER AND IN OUR ECONOMY AND THE CHAOS IN OUR CITIES IN THE CHAOS IN OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES, AND THE HORRIBLE ANTI-SEMITISM OF THE RADICAL LEFT. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF US TOGETHER ARE GOING TO FIGHT BACK AND WE ARE GOING TO END THIS CHAOS AND RESTORE AMERICA. >> AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE CLANCY TAKING ON SUHAS SUBRANANYAM IN NOVEMBER. ANOTHER RACE AS I SPEAK HERE WITH DAVE LUCAS THAT IS FASCINATING, EVEN THOUGH NOT IN OUR AREA, THE IMPACT WILL BE BIG, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT 5, THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. BOB GOOD IS BEING CHALLENGED BY THE SUPPORTER OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. TRUMP THEN ENDORSED McGUIRE IN THIS RACE. THERE WAS A BACK-AND-FORTH THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO WATCH. RIGHT NOW IT IS NECK AND NECK AND I IMAGINE THERE WILL BE VOTE COUNTING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WHAT IS FASCINATING IS THAT YOU HAD THE TRUMP GUY WHO CHAIRS THE FREEDOM CAUCUS ON THE HOUSE SIDE , REALLY FAR RIGHT, AND THEN HE DECIDES TO ENDORSE RON DESANTIS, AND THEN HE TRIES TO MAKE UP FOR IT WHEN TRUMP ENDORSES McGUIRE AND NOW YOU HAVE THIS FIGHT. >> AN UNFORGIVABLE SIN FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THIS RACE HAS BEEN HEADLINED AS TRUMP VERSUS MORE TRUMP. AND YOU CAN KIND OF DECIDE WHO YOU WANT TO ATTACH WHICH LABEL TO THE OTHER. THIS HAS A VERY INTERESTING RACE IN NOVEMBER AS WELL. I THINK THAT YOU HAVE GOT TWO VERY DIFFERENT , AND IN SOME WAYS THOUGH, VERY MUCH ALIKE CANDIDATES, WHO HAVE VERY GOOD STORIES TO TELL. THEY HAVE TO DECIDE IF THEY RUN ON COATTAILS OR STAKE OUT THEIR OWN POSITIONS. >> IT TESTIFIES TO THE FACT THAT MAYBE A YEAR OR SO AGO YOU GO, THERE ARE CANDIDATES DISTANCING THEMSELVES FROM DONALD TRUMP , TWICE IMPEACHED AND NOW A CONVICTED FELON , THAT THEY WANTED THAT SEPARATION, AND NOW THEY ARE BACK IN A BEAR HUG AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS MORE TRUMP. SO THAT MAY BE THE CASE. >> UNTIL THOSE POLES, SHOWING THAT IT IS A PROBLEM, THEN THEY WILL RUN ON THEIR OWN. >> THAT IS OUT OF OUR AREA BUT ONE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH, BECAUSE IT COULD BE A BELLWETHER FOR HOW THINGS WORK AROUND THE REST OF THE COMMONWEALTH. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. >>> SO, WHAT DO TONIGHT'S ELECTION RETURNS MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE STATE AS WE TURN TOWARDS THE GENERAL ELECTION? 7NEWS IS ON YOUR SIDE WITH ANALYSIS AND NOW WE ARE JOINED BY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS VIRGINIAN POLITICS INSIDE AND OUT, THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH, JIM GILMORE. GOVERNOR, WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THESE EARLY RESULTS TONIGHT? >> I THINK THAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ARE LOOKING GOOD. I THINK THE SECOND DISTRICT WILL BE SAFE ALTHOUGH SHE HAS A REAL OPPONENT, TO BE SURE. I THINK WHAT STANDS OUT RIGHT NOW IS THAT DEREK ANDERSON IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD CANDIDATE IN THE SEVENTH. AND I THINK THAT DERRICK ANDERSON CAN WIN THAT RACE. OF COURSE THE INTERESTING THING IS THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT, WHICH IS TIED BASICALLY AT OVER 62,000 VOTES CAST. BUT THERE IS ONLY A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 300 VOTES, AND THERE ARE STILL MORE VOTES TO COUNT. WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WILL GO, BUT I DO BELIEVE THOUGH THAT THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT VIRGINIA IS IN PLAY IN THE NATIONAL ELECTION AND THAT TRUMP CAN CARRY VIRGINIA AND THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL REASONS FOR THAT. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BIGGEST REASON? I MEAN, THIS IS THE STATE THAT EVERY FOUR OR EIGHT YEARS IT IS DEBATED WHETHER OR NOT IT IS UP FOR GRABS. IT IS TOPSY-TURVY IN THESE RACES REALLY ARE JUST SETTING THE STAGE FOR PRETTY SERIOUS SHOWDOWNS IN NOVEMBER. WHAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST FACTOR? >> WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IS THIS? DID VIRGINIA HAS BEEN A DEMOCRATIC STATE FOR THE LAST FEW ELECTIONS, BUT WHAT IS CHANGING IS PRESIDENT BIDEN. I THINK THAT HE IS SEEN AS NOT ABLE TO HANDLE THE JOB OF PRESIDENT, IN THE ISSUE AT THE BORDER IS VERY SERIOUS AND THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE NOTHING TO ADDRESS THAT. INFLATION IS ABSOLUTELY CAUSED BY HIS BIG SPENDING PROGRAMS HE PUT INTO PLACE WHEN FIRST ELECTED AND FINALLY, ON THE AREA THAT I SPEAK THE MOST ON, FOREIGN POLICY, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF UKRAINE BUT HE HAS BEEN SO TIMID AND THAT IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THE UNITED STATES IF UKRAINE DOES NOT WIN. I THINK THAT TRUMP IS SEEN AS A STRONGER INDIVIDUAL, MORE ALERT , AND I BELIEVE AS A RESULT, VIRGINIANS ARE THINKING IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE. >> DAVE LUCAS HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU, GOVERNOR. >> GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. JOE BIDEN ONE OF THE STATE IN 2020 WITH 55% OF THE VOTE. MY QUESTION IS, FOUR YEARS LATER, WHAT DOES DONALD TRUMP HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THAT A CLOSER RACE AND WHEN? AND IF HE DOES, WILL HE HAVE COATTAILS, DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK THE FACT THAT BOTH CANDIDATES IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT THAT ARE RUNNING HAVE SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS, VERY SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS. BOTH ARE SUPPORTING TRUMP AND NEITHER ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. I THINK THAT IS AN INDICATOR. AS FOR WHAT IS GOING ON, I BELIEVE IT IS MOSTLY ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS FAILED POLICIES. THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA RECOGNIZE THAT AND MAYBE THEY ARE READY FOR A CHANGE. THE BIG QUESTION IS THIS, IF VIRGINIA, WHICH IS REALLY A DEMOCRAT STATE, IS A TOSSUP AT THIS POINT, WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE OTHER SWING STATES? I THINK THE POLLING IS SHOWING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING VERY WELL IN THOSE STATES. >> SETTING THE STAGE FOR SOME REAL DRAMA ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. WE WILL BE CHECKING BACK IN WITH YOU RIGHT A BIT BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER. >>> THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS RETIRING AS SHE LAUNCHES A CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR IN VIRGINIA OPENING UP THE SEAT TO MORE THAN ONE DOZEN CANDIDATES COMBINED BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. THERE ARE SIX GOP CANDIDATES FOR THAT SPRAWLING DISTRICT THAT ENCOMPASSES PARTS OF 11 COUNTIES INCLUDING PRINCE WILLIAM AND SPOTSYLVANIA AND THESE ARE THE SEVEN DEMOCRATS WHICH INCLUDES EUGENE VINDMAN. HE REPORTED TRUMP'S PHONE CALL TO THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE THAT LED TO TRUMP'S FIRST IMPEACHMENT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THOSE NUMBERS STANDPOINT ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, WE SEE DERRICK ANDERSON THE WINNER ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, A LOT LESS DRAMA, THE NAME RECOGNITION PROPELLING VINDMAN TO NOVEMBERS RACE. FOUR MORE ON THAT WE WILL GO LIVE TO CHRISTIAN FLORES WHO IS JOINING US. >> Reporter: YEAH, A BUSY NIGHT HERE IN FREDERICKSBURG WHERE BOTH THE PARTIES FOR BOTH CANDIDATES WHO WON HELD THEIR WATCH PARTIES FOR TONIGHT AND ENDING EARLIER THAN SOME ANTICIPATED BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN RACE WAS CROWDED. THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION THIS COULD BE A CLOSE RACE DECIDED BY A HANDFUL OF VOTES BUT SECOND TIME WAS THE CHARM FOR DERRICK ANDERSON. HE DID RUN FOR THIS SEAT IN 2022 AND CARRIED ABOUT 24% OF THE VOTE. AT LAST CHECK, MORE THAN 45%. A BIG WIN WHEN YOU CONSIDER WHAT THAT RACE WAS LOOKING LIKE JUST TWO YEARS AGO. THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN HE HAD STAYED ON MESSAGE, BORDER SECURITY AND THE ECONOMY. THAT IS NOT CHANGE. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AFTER AP CALLING THE RACE FOR HIM. >> WE HAVE SEEN A BROKEN BORDER WITH THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CROSSING DAILY, SENDING CRIME AND THAT NO INTO OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE COST OF LIVING SHOOT TO A LEVEL THAT THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS CANNOT AFFORD. >> Reporter: THE AP CALLING THE RACE FOR ANDERSON ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AT 9:00, BUT AN EARLIER NIGHT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD FOR EUGENE VINDMAN. THAT WAS CALLED AROUND 8:00. IF YOU RECOGNIZE THAT NAME IT IS BECAUSE HIS NAME WAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME WHILE WORK IN THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE WHERE HE REPORTED TRUMP'S PHONE CALL WITH THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT THAT LED TO THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT. THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN HIS FOCUS WAS LESS ABOUT HIS PAST, AND MORE ABOUT THE PRIORITIES DEMOCRATS HAVE LONG BEEN HOUNDING ON, ABORTION ACCESS FOR WOMEN AND CODIFYING ROE V WADE, AS WELL AS GUN SAFETY AND STAYING ON MESSAGE WHEN TALKING WITH HIS SUPPORTERS AFTER THE EARLY DECLARATION OF VICTORY FROM THE AP. >> MAKE NO MISTAKE, ABORTION RIGHTS REPRESENT THE FIRST STEP ON THIS EXTREME AGENDA. THEY HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO GO AFTER IVF AND CONTRACEPTION IN THE STATE THAT SERVES AS THE LAST BASTION FOR ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE SOUTH. >> Reporter: YOU HEARD FROM BOTH CANDIDATES THERE STAYING ON MESSAGE AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NOVEMBER GENERAL. THIS IS A COMPETITIVE SEAT. SHE WON THE FIRST TWO ELECTIONS BUT THEN GAINED GROUND WINNING BY FIVE ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNOR DID CARRY THIS DISTRICT WHEN HE WON THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR. THERE WILL BE A COMPETITIVE RACE THAT WE WILL BE COVERING FROM NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER.CHRISTIAN FLORES, 7NEWS. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE THEME OF THE NIGHT, COMPETITION JUST MONTHS AWAY. ALSO HAPPENING TONIGHT, WE ARE SEEING ELECTIONS IN ALEXANDRIA FOR BOTH MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THESE ARE AMONG THE MAJOR RACES THAT COULD RESHAPE THE DIRECTION OF THAT CITY. LET'S CHECK IN WITH MEGAN CLARK AT THE WATCH PARTY IN ALEXANDRIA . >> Reporter: WE ARE STEPS FROM WHERE SHE DECLARED VICTORY WITH DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF VOTES AS THE NEAREST OPPONENT, AMY JACKSON. WE WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE TO THE CROWDED RESTAURANT THIS EVENING. HERE IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. >> I'M GOING TO BE OUR NEXT MAYOR. [ APPLAUSE ] >> YOU COULD JUST HEAR THE ENERGY AND SHE THANKED THE SUPPORTERS SAYING SHE CAN ALWAYS BE COUNTED ON TO SHOW UP, THAT WAS HER PROMISE, HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK FOR THE CAMPAIGN. SHE SAID THEY KNOCKED ON 80,000 DOORS. SHE SAID SHE WANTS THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA TO WORK FOR EVERY PERSON NO MATTER THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. 7NEWS WAS THE FIRST TO SPEAK WITH HER FOLLOWING THE SPEECH AND HERE IS WHAT SHE TOLD US. >> THE MESSAGES THIS, WE HAVE CHALLENGES AHEAD AND I HAVE BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THAT, WHETHER IT IS THE ONES YOU NAMED OR INFRASTRUCTURE OR EDUCATION AND THE REALITY IS, I TRULY BELIEVE THOSE CHALLENGES WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERY PERSON IN THIS COMMUNITY TO MOVE US FORWARD AND MAKE A CITY THAT WORKS FOR MORE OF US. >> WE DO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ALSO IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR COUNSEL, THAT WAS A CROWDED RACE AS WELL WITH 11 CANDIDATES. 7NEWS SPOKE ONE-ON-ONE WITH EACH OF THEM AND RIGHT NOW WHAT WE ARE SEEING TONIGHT, CHAPMAN , BAGLEY, THE GEARY AND GREEN ARE ON TOP SO FAR IN THAT RACE. FOR NOW, MEGAN CLARK IS LIVE IN ALEXANDRIA. WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. >>> WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE OF OUR SPECIAL ELECTION COVERAGE AFTER THIS. >>> WE CONTINUE NOW WITH THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF 7NEWS ON ELECTION NIGHT. THE VOTES ARE STILL COMING IN AND WE ARE SPEAKING WITH EXPERTS ON VIRGINIA POLITICS TO GET AN INSIDER VIEW OF WHAT THESE RETURNS ARE SIGNALING FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. WE ARE NOW JOINED BY THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND MAYOR OF ALEXANDRIA. GOOD TO SEE AND HEAR FROM YOU TONIGHT. THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT YOUR SEEN FROM THESE RACES TONIGHT, AND THEN IF YOU DON'T MIND, A 30,000 FOOT APPROACH AND VIEW OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK THIS MEANS FOR VIRGINIA RIGHT NOW. >> I WAS FRANKLY SURPRISED THAT VINDMAN DID AS WELL AS HE DID. HE RAISED A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY AND REALLY OVERWHELMED HIS OPPONENTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. I KNOW I WAS GETTING THREE TEXTS PER DAY LOOKING FOR MONEY FROM HIM. I HAPPEN TO SUPPORT SOMEONE ELSE IN THAT PRIMARY. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DID NOT HAVE LOCAL ROOTS REALLY, BUT HE CERTAINLY MADE A NATIONAL IMPACT, AND SO CREDIT TO HIM. I HAPPEN TO FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THE UKRAINE CONFLICT IN THE NEED FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE WEST TO PREVAIL AGAINST MR. PUTIN AND I THINK YOU WILL BE A STRONG VOICE IN THAT REGARD THAT HE HAS ALSO ADOPTED THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM ON OTHER ISSUES. AND IN TERMS OF THE 10th , I THINK THAT SUHAS SUBRANANYAM IS A GREAT CANDIDATE AND A GOOD PERSON WHO WORKS REALLY HARD. HE DID NOT RAISE QUITE AS MUCH MONEY, BUT APPARENTLY HE WORKED HARDER. HE WAS ENDORSED BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE THAT I PARTICULARLY SUPPORTED, BUT I LIKED HIM SO MUCH, SO I AM REALLY PLEASED THAT SUHAS SUBRANANYAM ONE THAT SEAT. >> AS WE LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, AND WE SPOKE EARLIER TONIGHT WITH THE FORMER GOVERNOR, JIM GILMORE, WHO WAS SINGING THE PRAISES OF REPUBLICAN MOMENTUM IN THE STATE, TALKING ABOUT HOW TRUMP AND HIS MESSAGE IS RESONATING AND REFLECTED AT A LOCAL LEVEL THAT I'M GUESSING YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THAT? BUT CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATE AND IS IT MALLEABLE? IS THERE AN OPENING? A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT PRESIDENT BIDEN, EVEN MODERATES WHO SAY I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT DO WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD DO, OR MAYBE IT IS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AGE. DO THAT -- DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD CREATE AN OPENING FOR TRUMP ? CONVICTED TWICE AND NOW I CONVICTED FELON BUT GILMORE SAYS THAT VIRGINIA LOOKS RED, NOT SO PURPLE RIGHT NOW. >> YOU WOULD EXPECT JIM TO SAY THAT. WE ARE STILL FRIENDS BUT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE AGREE WITH EACH OTHER. I WAS AT A FUNCTION EARLIER TODAY WITH THE BIDEN'S AND CLINTON'S AND THE GOVERNOR WAS TERRIFIC AND ALL THE SPEAKERS WERE GOOD , BUT THE POINT IS THAT IT RAISED OVER $8 MILLION, AND THIS IS JUST NORTHERN VIRGINIA. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO NOT JUST RAISE MORE MONEY, BUT GET MORE VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN. NORTHERN VIRGINIA LARGELY DETERMINES THE OUTCOME OF MOST STATEWIDE RACES AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA IS VERY MUCH IN THE BIDEN HARRIS CAMP. I WOULD BE VERY MUCH SURPRISED IF IT GOES RED, BUT I WOULD NOT BE ALL THAT SURPRISED IF YOU KNOW, IF PRESIDENT TRUMP WASN'T REALLY DID. I THINK IT IS VERY CLOSE RIGHT NOW, LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. I'M NOT SUPPORTING MR. TRUMP. I THINK HE WAS THE WORST PRESIDENT THAT WE EVER HAD, AND IT WOULD BE AN INDICTMENT OF OUR ELECTORATE TO REELECT HIM, IN MY VIEW. I'M NOT SURE THAT JOE IS THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE WE COULD PRESENT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ALTERNATIVE, I DON'T THINK THERE IS MUCH CHOICE THERE. >> ON THAT LINE, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN VIRGINIA WANT THIS TO BE ONE OF THOSE STATES THAT GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN. THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS IT WILL BE THE UPPER STATES THAT WILL BE THE KEY, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK? DOES VIRGINIA PLAY A MORE PIVOTAL ROLE THIS YEAR THAN FOUR YEARS AGO OR EIGHT YEARS AGO DO YOU THINK? >> IF LEGITIMATE POLLS SHOW IT IS CLOSE, YEAH, VIRGINIA WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE DECIDED BY ROUGHLY 5 STATES AND MICHIGAN WILL BE DETERMINED AND PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN AND I THINK ARIZONA, NEVADA AND YOU KNOW, THOSE STATES ARE UP FOR GRABS. RIGHT NOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO HAVE A TOUGH RACE HOLDING THEM. I THINK WE WIN WISCONSIN BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT MICHIGAN. WE HAVE A STRONG SENATE CANDIDATE IN PENNSYLVANIA BUT THAT IS NOT A EITHER. I THINK THIS WILL BE A CLOSE RACE. I DON'T THINK IT WILL DO ANYTHING TOWARDS UNITING THE COUNTRY WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED. I THINK WE WILL WIND UP BEING JUST AS DIVISIVE AS WE ARE TODAY. >> ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE SOME OF THAT UNFILTERED INSIGHT THERE. >> IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH THE TWO OF YOU. I MISS YOU GUYS. >> AND I GUARANTEE YOU WE WILL TALK BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER. DON'T WORRY. >> ONE OF THE INTERESTING RACES WE ARE WATCHING TONIGHT AS WELL AS ARLINGTON COUNTY BOARD AND THIS TIME THERE IS ONE SEAT UP FOR GRABS AND THE WINNER WILL BE DECIDED BY RANKED CHOICE VOTING. LET'S GET OVER TO JOHN ROGERS AT THE ALERT DESK FOR THE LATEST ON THOSE RETURNS. >> THIS IS THE RACE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, BECAUSE MANY VOTERS FOUND THIS CONFUSING. I'M WATCHING THE TOTALS, INDIRECTLY FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS. LET ME EXPLAIN THIS FOR YOU. SO RANKED CHOICE VOTING ALLOWS VOTERS TO RANK CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. THE IDEA IS THAT THIS ALLOWS VOTERS TO STILL HAVE A VOICE, EVEN IF THEIR PREFERRED CANDIDATE DOES NOT WIN. THIS YEAR THERE IS ONLY ONE BOARD SEAT AND FOR A CANDIDATE TO WIN THEY WOULD NEED 50% OF THE VOTE PLUS ONE IN ORDER TO WIN. BUT RIGHT NOW 54 PRECINCTS ARE REPORTING AND WE HAVE JD SPAIN WITH 52% OF THE VOTE. CLEARLY, THAT IS NOT HIGHER THAN 50% MUSCLE ACCORDING TO THE RULES, IF THAT THRESHOLD IS NOT MET TONIGHT, THEN ON FRIDAY EVENING THE COUNTY WILL TABULATE THE VOTES AGAIN AFTER PROCESSING MAIL-IN AND PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AND THEN THE CANDIDATE WITH THE FEWEST VOTES WILL BE ELIMINATED. IT APPEARS THAT IF A BALLOT HAD THE OUSTED CANDIDATE AS THE FIRST CHOICE, THEN THE VOTE IS TRANSFERRED TO THE SECOND CHOICE CANDIDATE AND THIS PROCESS CONTINUES UNTIL A WINNER IS DECLARED. OF COURSE, WE WILL BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THE WINNER. >>> THE NAILBITING WILL CONTINUE THANK YOU, JOHN ROGERS. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. >>> AS WE TOLD YOU, A VERY CROWDED RACE TO REPLACE THE RETIRING CONGRESSWOMAN WHO IS BATTLING PALSY. FOUR REPUBLICANS ARE SEEKING THE NOMINATION. MIKE CLANCY HAS BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER AND THERE ARE ONE DOZEN DEMOCRATS THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THAT SPOT. WE ARE REJOINED NOW FROM THE WATCH PARTY FOR SUHAS SUBRANANYAM WHERE THEY ARE ECSTATIC , TO SAY THE LEAST. >> Reporter: 'S WATCH PARTY IS WRAPPING UP BUT THERE WAS A LARGE CROWD OF FOLKS HERE IN ASHBURN CONGRATULATING AND CELEBRATING SENATOR SUHAS SUBRANANYAM'S VICTORY TONIGHT IN THE 10th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. A CROWDED FIELD WITH 12 DEMOCRATS RUNNING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO, HE ADDRESSED SUPPORTERS, DECLARING VICTORY ABOUT ONE HOUR AGO. SUHAS SUBRANANYAM SAYS PRIORITIES ARE ENDING GUN VIOLENCE, PROTECTING DEMOCRACY, ENSURING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, LIMITING MONEY IN POLITICS, SUPPORTING WORKERS AND BOOSTING HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY. HE SERVED IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES AND NOW HE IS SERVING IN THE STATE SENATE. HE IS HOPING TO GO TO CONGRESS THIS NOVEMBER. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A WHITE HOUSE ADVISOR IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, SO HE IS HOPING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN COVERING IN LOUDOUN COUNTY AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY AND FAIRFAX COUNTY. LISTEN TO WHAT SUHAS SUBRANANYAM HOLDS UP WORKERS ABOUT ONE HOUR AGO. >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY AND ALSO GET RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACK HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FEDERAL WORKERS HERE AND THERE IS A LOT OF DIVISION IN POLITICS SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO GET MORE UNITED AS A COUNTRY MOVING FORWARD. >> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS COALESCED AROUND A MESSAGE, AND IT IS TIME TO END THE BIDEN CHAOS AND RESTORE AMERICA. WE HAVE TO AND THE CHAOS AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, THE CHAOS IN OUR ECONOMY, IN OUR CITIES AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES, AND THE HORRIBLE ANTI-SEMITISM OF THE RADICAL LEFT . IT IS TIME -- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I KNOW THAT ALL OF US TOGETHER ARE GOING TO FIGHT BACK AND WE ARE GOING TO END THIS CHAOS AND WE WILL RESTORE AMERICA. >> Reporter: THE SECOND CANDIDATE WE JUST HEARD FROM, MIKE CLANCY, THE PROJECTED WINNER IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. THERE WERE FOUR REPUBLICANS RUNNING IN THAT SEAT AND IT APPEARS THAT MIKE CLANCY HAS WON IN A LANDSLIDE , DEFEATING ALICIA ANDREWS, ISAAC AND ANOTHER CANDIDATE . NOW WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH MR. CLANCY. HE HAS SHOWN UP AT LOUDOUN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AS A PARENT, SPEAK IN OUT ABOUT A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING PARENTAL NOTIFICATION, EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. HE IS A BUSINESS EXECUTIVE AND HE LIVES IN LOUDOUN COUNTY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE BETWEEN SUHAS SUBRANANYAM AND CLANCY THIS NOVEMBER IN THE 10th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. >>> IT HAS BEEN A NIGHT OF NUMBERS TALKING ABOUT THE VOTE COUNTING BUT OTHER NUMBERS WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON. OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, VERONICA JOHNSON, JOINS US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THAT. >>> THAT IS TRUE. HALF NUMBERS FOR US, 90 AND CONSISTENT TOO. EVEN TOMORROW WE WILL START OFF WITH 60s AND 70s, BUT BY 11:00, 83. THEN 2:00 83 TO TREES. A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS GOING ON TOMORROW EMMA SO IT WILL BE A HOT ONE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE COOLED WITH A SOUTHEASTERLY WIND. HE BREEZE DID HELP US OUT. IF YOU WERE OUTDOORS YOU PROBABLY WERE LOOKING FOR THE SHADE SOMEWHERE. IT FEELS LIKE 83 CURRENTLY ACROSS THE AREA. THE HUMIDITY WILL STICK AROUND WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IN FACT, GETTING GROSS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. YOU CAN SEE THESE THOUGHTS TOUCHING CLOSE INTO THE GREEN. SOME OF THE MOST HUMID CONDITIONS WEEK IT DURING THE SUMMER. SO A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES, OFFICIALLY REAGAN NATIONAL, 94 DEGREES AND 92 DEGREES AT BWI. IT IS NOT JUST HERE THAT WE DEAL WITH THE HEAT. IT WILL INCLUDE MORE CITIES ACROSS NEW ENGLAND LIKE BOSTON AND CLEVELAND, FEELING LIKE 93 DEGREES ON THURSDAY. AND THE HEAT WILL PEAK FOR US FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS MENTIONED. I HAVE NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES RUNNING NEAR 99 DEGREES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SO IF YOU'RE FEELING DIZZY, IF YOU ARE HOT AND NOT SWEATING JUST REMEMBER, SOME OF THE SIGNS THAT YOU ARE EATING CLOSE TO HEATSTROKE CONDITIONS. TOMORROW, 91 IN THE FORECAST AND MAYBE IN WARRENTON AND GAITHERSBURG . I DON'T HAVE ANY RAIN IN THE FORECAST UNTIL WE GET TO SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND WE WILL INCLUDE THAT ON MONDAY. THE HEAT CONTINUES THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH . THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE LONGEST STRETCHES OF WE HAVE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME. >>> WELCOME BACK OUR ELECTION SPECIAL. I'M JOINED BY DAVE LUCAS. I LOVE THESE LOCAL ELECTIONS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY OFFER YOU THAT LITTLE WINDOW INTO WHAT IS REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FALL WHEN WE WILL DETERMINE CONTROL OF CONGRESS, AND OF COURSE THE WHITE HOUSE. SO WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU TONIGHT THAT HE ¿ THAT LOOK? >> THE GREAT TIP O'NEILL SAID ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL AND WE REAFFIRM THAT EVERY TIME WE DO ONE OF THESE. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN VIRGINIA IS WHAT HAPPENED IN MARYLAND. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE OTHER STATES HAVING PRIMARIES THIS YEAR. THAT IS VERY LOW VOTER TURNOUT AT A TIME WITH A LOT OF POLARIZATION BUT NOT A LOT OF MOTIVATING PEOPLE TO GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE. THEY'RE NOT DOING IT IN HISTORIC NUMBERS AND USUALLY NOT EVEN BUMPING UP AGAINST THE AVERAGE IS. >> IT HAS TO BE THE TOXIC NEGATIVE CULTURE. >> IN THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALL THIS HAD BUTTING THAT GOES ON IN POLITICS AND WHAT PASSES FOR CABLE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF IT. IT DOES FRAME THE CHALLENGE THE PARTIES HAVE IN JUST 140 DAYS. IF YOU DON'T SUPPORTERS OUT TO THE POLLS OR TO VOTE BY MAIL, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE IT IS GOING TO MAKE THAT PART OF IT, THE BLOCKING AND TACKLING OF POLITICS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. >> EVEN IF YOU ARE AGAINST SAID CONCEPTS, NOW YOU EMBRACE THEM ? WE SAW THAT, NEVER TRUST THESE MAIL-IN BALLOTS, AND NOW IT IS MAIL THEM IN. >> BECAUSE IT ULTIMATELY LED TO HIS DEFEAT FOUR YEARS AGO. THERE IS NO QUESTION THE DEMOCRATS DID A BETTER JOB OF DOING EXACTLY THAT. ONCE BURNED, TWICE SHY. NOW HE HAS DECIDED MAYBE THAT WORKS HE WILL AND WE NEED TO DO IT TOO. >> IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT KIND OF GRASSROOTS NOW. >> IT IS NOT NECESSARILY COMING UP AT THE BOWLING PLACE. >> WE CITING THE ALEXANDRIA RACE WITH 80,000 DOORS. >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION. >>> LET'S GET OVER TO THE ALERT DESK AND JOHN ROGERS. >>> ALL EVENING WE HAVE WATCHED REACTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WE HAVE GOTTEN THE RESULTS. AND OF COURSE YOUNGKIN SAID THAT HE WAS PROUD TO ENDORSE HUNG CAO AND TIM KAINE QUICK ON THE ATTACK SAYING THAT HUNG CAO IS AN EXTREMIST WHO LOOKS OUT FOR HIMSELF FIRST, NOT VIRGINIANS. AND MOVING ON TO OTHER RACES HERE, EUGENE VINDMAN PUT OUT THIS STATEMENT AFTER HE WAS , AFTER HE WON TONIGHT, SAYING WE ARE GOING TO MAKE HISTORY BY KEEPING THE SEAT AND FLIPPING THE HOUSE BLEW. IN THE MEANTIME, HIS OPPONENT FOR THIS OF COMING FALL, DERRICK ANDERSON SAID I FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY FOR YEARS AND I WILL FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF MY HOME DISTRICT IN THE SAME WAY. AND ANOTHER RACE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS FOR SUHAS SUBRANANYAM. THE SEAT THAT HE IS HOPING TO REPLACE , SHE ACTUALLY PUT OUT THIS STATEMENT TONIGHT CONGRATULATING HIM, SAYING HE IS A PRINCIPLED AND EFFECTIVE LEGISLATOR AND ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM FOR HIS VICTORY TONIGHT. I LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING THIS DISTRICT BLUE IN NOVEMBER. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THESE REACTIONS COMING. >>> THE VOTES CONTINUE TO BE COUNTED AND WE CONTINUE TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AND GET INSTANT REACTION FROM THOSE WHO ONE TONIGHT. MUCH MORE COMING UP AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK. >>> WELCOME BACK. AS WE COME TO THE END OF THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF 7NEWS, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE EARLY NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT THEY TELL US ABOUT THE MESSAGE VOTERS ARE SENDING TONIGHT. LET'S GO BACK TO JOHN ROGERS AT THE ALERT DESK. WHAT KIND OF VOTER RETURNS HAVE WE SEEN? >> THE BIG MESSAGE WAS THE BIG WIN FOR SUHAS SUBRANANYAM ¿ HUNG CAO TONIGHT. ROUGHLY 62% OF THE VOTE. THIS WILL BE MOMENTUM HE WILL SURELY BE TAKING INTO NOVEMBER. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RACES TO KEEP AN EYE ON. I'VE BEEN PARKING BUT THE ARLINGTON COUNTY BOARD. THERE WILL BE MORE TABULATION DONE LATER THIS WEEK AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON OUR WEBSITE, WE ARE STILL TRACK JOHN McGUIRE AND BOB GOOD. BUT JOHN McGUIRE SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF 50.2% OVER BOB GOODS 40.8%. WE WILL BE WATCHING THAT CLOSELY. AND VERY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, THE FIFTH, SEVENTH AND 10th DISTRICT RACES ARE AMONG THE TOP 10 NATIONWIDE WITH THE MOST OUTSIDE SPENDING , SO IT SHOWS HOW COMPETITIVE THESE LOCAL RACES ARE, GUYS. >>> NO HEAT ADVISORY TOMORROW BUT THE HEAT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT. YOUR MORNING TEMPERATURES OUT THE DOOR, NEAR 69, WARM AND MUGGY AND ANOTHER DAY THAT IS MAINLY CLEAR. SUNSHINE FOR THE AFTERNOON AND COURSE, JUNETEENTH, WE LOOK AT THE HOURLY FORECAST IN MOVING THROUGH THE 80s UP TO NEAR 91 DEGREES. THEN THURSDAY, 91 THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER, BUT LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS IS THE HEAT THAT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE AREA. YOU ARE SEEING THE HEAT ALERT SYMBOL THAT WE POSTED FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN BETTER PLAN. THOSE ARE TRIPLE DIGIT READINGS. >>> FOR THE POLITICALLY SAVVY ALWAYS INSIGHTFUL DAVE LUCAS , THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. OUR EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE CONTINUES OVER ON CHANNEL 7 FOR THE NEWS AT 11:00. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THAT CHANNEL IN JUST A MINUTE. GOOD NIGHT.