<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0TcY61_1GxoIzhk00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0TcY61_1GxoIzhk00" width="1530" height="1151" >Voters in Lexington and Buena Vista last Tuesday, Nov. 3, overwhelmingly approved a 1 percent local option sales tax in each city to help pay for school construction and renovation projects.Lexington voters also elected a new mayor. Interim Mayor David Sigler can now remove the “interim” from his title after he defeated Nicholas Betts by collecting 72.79 percent of votes. With the win, he earns the right to complete the term of office of the late Mayor Frank Friedman, who died in July.And with Sigler accepting the mayor’s role, Lexington City Council will need to appoint someone to his Council seat until a special election can be held. He was also running for a new term as Council member.The only local results not yet known as this newspaper went to press early on Monday, due to the Veterans Day holiday on Wednesday, were those from the Glasgow Town Council race. We know the unofficial vote totals for the four candidates whose names were on the ballot for three seats. However, the number of write-in votes cast, 259, easily exceeded the numbers for the leading ballot choices so write-in votes could well determine the outcome of which three candidates were actually elected.Voting totals will be certified this Thursday, Nov. 12, so that’s when the results of the Glasgow Town Council election should be known.In other contested local races last Tuesday, Goshen Town Council members David “Chris” Robertson, Michael Hicks and Derrick Ogden were reelected; while Meghan Ferguson and Amber Ansted were elected to Lexington City Council.Elected in uncontested local races were Toria Brown, Walkers Creek District member of the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors; William Kerr, Buena Vista City Council member; Mike Cartolaro, Buena Vista School Board member; Justin Davis and LaTonya Ann Douglas, Lexington School Board members; and Tom McCraw, Goshen mayor.Virginia voters passed three state constitutional amendments that were on the ballot. Locally, a majority of voters in Rockbridge County and Buena Vista rejected those amendments while Lexington’s voters approved them.U.S. Rep. Ben Cline of the Sixth District, which includes, Rockbridge County, Lexington and Buena Vista, was reelected, collecting 55.39 percent of votes cast to 44.41 percent for challenger Beth Macy. A majority of voters in Rockbridge County and Buena Vista supported Cline while a majority in Lexington supported Macy.U.S. Sen. Mark Warner was reelected with 61.32 percent of votes statewide to challenger Bert Mizusawa’s 38.42 percent. Warner was the choice of a majority of voters in Lexington; Mizusawa was selected by a majority of voters in Rockbridge County and Buena Vista. - Here are some selected local vote totals, as seen Monday afternoon on the Virginia State Board of Elections website: Glasgow Town Council – Natalie H. Harris, 147; Brandall B. Branch, 111; Marcie Knick Hill, 83; Kris K. Springer, 53; Write-in votes, 259.Goshen Town Council – David “Chris” Robertson, 96; Michael E. Hicks, 94; David G. Ogden, 65; Jeff H. Shaffer, 48.Lexington mayor – David G. Sigler, 1,501; Nicholas A. Betts, 520.Lexington City Council – David G. Sigler, 1,374; Meghan N.S. Ferguson, 1,247; Amber Ansted, 903; write-ins, 808. (Will Kirchner received 623 write-in votes.)Lexington School Board –LaTonya Ann Douglas, 1,349; Justin G. Davis, 1,343.Lexington sales tax referendum – “Yes,” 1,355 (69.55 percent); “No,” 672 (30.45 percent.Buena Vista sales tax referendum – “Yes,” 1,199 (61.39 percent); “No,” 754 (38.61 percent).</div></body>

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Voters in Lexington and Buena Vista last Tuesday, Nov. 3, overwhelmingly approved a 1 percent local option sales tax in each city to help pay for school construction and renovation projects. Lexington voters also elected a new mayor. Interim Mayor David Sigler can now remove the “interim” from his title...

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