Anthony Flaccavento and Corey Stewart were the top vote getters among Patrick voters in their respective parties Tuesday, according to unofficial results.
Flaccavento, an Abingdon democrat, emerged from the primary with 251 of the 290 votes total cast among Patrick voters in his party’s primary bid. This marks his second congressional bid.
Justin Santopietro, a Blacksburg democrat, received 39 of the votes cast, according to unofficial results provided by Patrick County Registrar Susan Taylor.
Flaccavento swept the local precincts, picking up 22 votes in the Dan River District, compared to six for Santopietro. He also received 51 of the ballots cast in the Peter’s Creek District to five ballots cast there for Santopietro.
In the Mayo River District, 34 of the 40 votes cast were for Flaccavento, with six votes for Santopietro. In the Blue Ridge District, Flaccavento received 83 of the ballots cast to Santopietro’s 13.
Flaccavento picked up 47 votes in the Smith River District; eight were cast for Santopietro; He also won 14 of the ballots cast in the Central Absentee Precinct compared to the single vote cast for Santopietro, unofficial results showed.
In the GOP contest, Stewart received 387 ballots cast by Patrick voters, compared to 153 votes cast for Nick J. Freitas and 37 ballots cast for E.W. Jackson, according to unofficial results.
Stewart, the at-large chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, also won at all of the local precincts, according to the unofficial results.
Nearly 7.3 percent of the county’s 12,012 registered voters participated in the primary, with 290 ballots cast in the democratic contest and 577 for republican candidates, according to unofficial results. Those numbers included 873 to visit the polls on Tuesday.
Canvassing of voters is set to start at 7 a.m. today.