Vienna Town Council Write-In Tallies Continue, 5 Candidates Projected Winners

VIENNA, VA — Most of Vienna's town elections have projected winners, but vote tallying for Town Council continues as write-ins received enough votes for a write-in candidate to potentially win.

Five projected winners of Town Council seats as well as mayor have been announced. Mayor Linda Colbert ran unopposed and received 94.72 percent of votes, according to unofficial election results.

The top six candidates for Vienna Town Council are projected to be elected. There are five winners so far — Howard Springsteen with 15.78 percent of votes Jessica Ramakis with 15.38 percent of votes, Charles “Chuck” Anderson with 15.30 percent of votes, Ray Brill with 13.22 percent of votes and Roy Baldwin with 12.98 percent of votes.

The next highest number of votes went to write-ins. Beth Eachus has a write-in campaign, according to the Gazette Leader. The other candidates are Shelley Mountjoy with 8.98 percent of votes and Sandra Allen with 8.94 percent of votes.

According to the Town of Vienna, "it is unclear whether all the write-in votes went to a single candidate or multiple candidates." The Fairfax County Office of Elections started tallying the write-in votes on Wednesday. Other votes from mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day and received by Nov. 13 will be counted.

Results are unofficial until certification by the electoral board, which is expected on Nov. 14.

Vienna's town elections previously happened in May but changed to November due to a new Virginia law. In addition, Vienna Town Council seats are on the ballot at the same time instead of previous staggered terms. Town Council seats will continue to be elected in Novembers every two years starting in 2023.