Sheridan wins Commissioner of the Revenue race in Fluvanna County

Turnout in the November 4 election in Fluvanna County was 61 percent with 13,425 ballots cast from 21,920 registered voters. That’s according to unofficial results from the Virginia Department of Elections.

As of November 10, Republican Winsome Earle-Sears had a slim lead over Democrat Abigail Spanberger with 6,685 votes to 6,669 votes. Statewide, Spanberger won with 57.35 percent of the vote.

Three of five seats on the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors were on the ballot and none of the races were contested. All incumbents won new terms.

They are John Sheridan in the Columbia District, Chris Fairchild in the Cunningham District, and Tony O’Brien in the Rivanna District.

Four of five seats were up for election.

Sean Brennan was the only candidate in the Columbia District. He’ll succeed Andrew Pullen.

Anthony Edmonds defeated Jennifer Toy Butler in the Fork Union District with 44.18 percent of the vote. There were 439 write-in votes, or 18.94 percent of the vote. Nikki Sheridan did not run for another term after being appointed to the position on an interim basis earlier this year.

Incumbent Charles Rittenhouse narrowly defeated Sarah Johnson in the Cunningham District with 50.14 percent of the vote.

Andre Key in the Rivanna District was uncontested.

There was a contested race for the Fluvanna County Commissioner of Revenue with Lauren Sheridan and Donald Reynard on the ballot.

Sheridan received 71.45 percent of the vote to 27.7 percent for Reynard.

The Virginia Department of Elections will continue to update the results until they are made official at this link.

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