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PRSRT STD ServingServing U.S. Postage PAID Fairfax AreasAreas ofof BurkeBurke Elkton, MD Fairfax PERMIT #31 Attention Postmaster: Time sensitive material. Requested in home 11-7-08 Classified, Page 16 Classified, ❖ Area GOP Sports, Page 12 ❖ Faces Defeat News, Page 3 Calendar, Page 8 Connolly To Congress News, Page 3 U.S. Rep.-elect Gerry Connolly (D-11) thanks supporters while surrounded by family mem- bers for his win over Republican Keith Fimian. 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By Julia O’Donoghue The Connection airfax County Board of Su- pervisors chairman Gerry FConnolly (D) won the battle to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Tom Davis (R) in Virginia’s 11th con- gressional district handily Nov. 4. U.S. Rep.-elect Connolly was ebullient along with /The Connection Gerry Connolly Senator-elect Mark Warner at a Demo- (D-11) thanks cratic celebration at supporters “Gerry will the McLean Hilton while sur- on Tuesday night. rounded by Connolly de- be a Robbie Hammer family members feated political for his win over champion newcomer and Republican Oakton business- Keith Fimian. for Fairfax man Keith Fimian by Photo in an election County in where voters Fairfax County chairman. They said his ap- man has been a fixture in local government, cratic threat to the seat in years. heavily favored proach to local government would trans- serving as head of the Board of Supervisors President elect Barack Obama won the Congress.” Democrats. He late nicely to Congress. for the past five years and the Providence 11th Congressional District with 55.46 of — Supervisor Jeff earned 52.98 per- “Gerry will be a champion for Fairfax District supervisor for the previous eight. the vote and approximately a 12-point lead McKay cent of the vote to County in Congress. He brings the Fairfax The county chairman’s win also might over opponent John McCain. U.S. Sen.-elect (D-Lee) Fimian’s 44.66 per- County perspective that Tom Davis origi- also point to a more permanent shift in the Mark Warner earned 64.3 percent of the cent, carrying the nally brought with him when he was first region’s political leanings. ballots and posted a 30-point lead in same district with an 8.5 elected,” said Supervisor Jeff McKay (D- Davis has represented Virginia’s modern district. percentage-point lead overall. Lee). 11th District for all but two of its 16-year Connolly posted his strongest numbers in Connolly’s supporters, particularly Connolly’s ascent to congress will be a existence. Yet Republicans were unable to See Connolly, Page 6 his colleagues, praised his work as major change for Fairfax County. The chair- fend off Connolly, the most serious Demo- For Virginia GOP, a Night To Forget Republicans suffer major losses at the state Virginia. That optimism evaporated as the night wore on, with Sen. Barack Obama (D- and national level in 2008 elections. Ill.) winning all four of the battleground states Hyland listed. By Derek B. Johnson coming into the election, many expressed Former Gov. Mark Warner (D) cruised to The Connection an “anything-can-happen” mentality when a 64 percent-34 percent win against former the bulk of the results began broadcasting Gov. Jim Gilmore (R) and 8th District Con- t Westwood Country Club in on televisions and projection screens. gressional candidate Mark Elmore gave a by Photo AVienna, where county Repub- “I feel excited and positive,” said Puneet short concession speech when early results licans had their Nov. 4 election Ahluwalia when asked about McCain’s called the race for his opponent, incumbent party, the night was an exercise in frus- chances. “He poured his heart out.” Jim Moran (D). Louise Krafft tration. Jim Hyland, chairperson for the Fairfax “You can tell your kids that Mark Elmore Spirits were initially high around 8 County Republican Committee, projected gave 110 percent,” said Elmore before p.m. as party officials, candidates for optimism at the beginning of the night, lay- thanking his staff, friends and family. statewide office and the party’s rank ing out the electoral path McCain needed By 9 p.m., the networks had called Ohio and file continued to stream into the to take to the White House. and Pennsylvania for Obama, and the /The Connection grand ballroom of the club. Though “Spirits are up because we still believe party’s chances looked sobering. U.S. Rep. their presidential candidate Sen. John McCain can win Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vir- Frank Wolf’s (R-10) sizable 60 percent-37 McCain (R-Ariz.) found himself be- ginia and Florida,” said Hyland. percent win over Democratic opponent Judy hind in almost every national poll Whoops and hollers broke out when Fox Feder was one of the only pieces of good News called South news for Republicans to reach the ballroom Carolina for McCain all night. A tighter than expected race be- at 8 p.m., followed tween business man Keith Fimian (R) and Oakton businessman Keith Fimian “The Republican Party in Virginia by reports of an early Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerry (R) lost to Board of Supervisors 56 percent-43 per- Connolly (D) in the 11th Congressional Dis Chair Gerry Connolly (D) in the needs to find a message.” cent lead for the Re- 11th District Congressional race. — Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield) publican senator in See Republicans, Page 6 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Fairfax Connection ❖ November 6-12, 2008 ❖ 3 Week in Fairfax News Photo by Photo Cannon Cook Cannon Photo by Photo Robbie Hammer /The Connection /The Connection Allie Johnson-King Woman, 103, Goes to Polls The afternoon rain may have kept some voters away from the polls on Tuesday, but it didn’t stop Allie Johnson- Campaign workers and signs greet voters to the polls at Robinson Secondary School King from casting her vote. on Tuesday. A resident of Little River Glen Senior Center in Fairfax, Johnson-King made her way to the Little Run Elementary School and her arrival caused disbelief among members of the polling staff. As Johnson-King pulled out her Vir- Lighter Than Expected ginia issued voter registration card, they learned that Johnson-King would be celebrating her 104th birthday on Dec. 25. polling station reported that 2,100 of 4,386 eligible The Alabama born, 77-year Cleveland native, needed Northern Virginia voters votes in their precinct had been cast. little assistance when it came to doing her civic duty. “[The numbers] are high, but I would not say they Dressed in a self-made, Sunday dress, she cast her vote in head to the polls amid were unusually high,” said Monica Horan, chief elec- the 2008 presidential election. record registration. tion officer for the precinct. “We were prepared for a Karen Gasper, director of the Little River Glen Senior nightmare and we rally didn’t get that.” Center, is no stranger to Johnson-King’s dress and man- Voters also reported light lines, though many cred- nerisms. “She looks like a queen everyday,” said Gasper. By Derek B. Johnson ited a good sense of timing more than any other fac- Johnson-King moved to Virginia recently to be closer to The Connection tors. her daughter Ruth, 85. Because of voter regulations per- “I was surprised. Maybe the big rush for people at taining to residency, this was the first national election or Clifton resident Uzair Siddiqui, it was work has already happened,” said Saunders, who cast that Johnson-King took part in in the Commonwealth. the economy, for Burke resident Karen her vote around 11 a.m.. When asked why she came out to vote, Johnson-King FSaunders it was terrorism and for Spring- “They’re shorter than I’ve ever seen here. I have to said: “I haven’t done so in a long time, [I] can’t get out field resident Betty Jenkins it was integ- believe that people are spreading out their day,” said these days on my own, it’s hard to get out. I had the chance, rity. Every voter in Fairfax County had a top issue in Burke resident Eileen Billinson. and so I did it.” mind when they reached their polling location Tues- “I thought there was going to be hours of waiting,” When asked what kind of advice she could you pass on day Nov. 4 for the 2008 elections. said Clifton resident Tracy Lattanze. to younger voters, she paused and said, “Hard work and “There’s a lot of enthusiasm, though there’s no way Supervisor Sharon Bulova (D-Braddock) spent her worry will not kill you, didn’t kill me and I worked hard.” of judging for whom,” said Springfield resident morning moving from one polling station to the next, Johnson-King has five generations of her family, the Fletch Fletcher, who set up a table for the GOP out- greeting voters and stumping for 11th District Con- youngest being her 6-month-old great, great granddaugh- side the Hunter’s Crossing polling gressional candidate Gerry ter.