Romney Wins Prince William County

The Associated Press named Mitt Romney the winner of Tuesday’s Virginia primary nearly a half-hour after the polls closed at 7 p.m. The former Massachusetts governor trumped Ron Paul in the Virginia State Board of Elections unofficial tallies 59.4 percent to 40.6 percent – nearly five percent of total voters in the state.

Falling in line with statewide results, Prince William County voted for Romney, he took 60.8 percent of the vote in the county to Paul’s 39.2 percent.

Unofficial results from the Virginia State Board of Elections showed that out of the 5,155,342 total voters in the state 264,875 turned out in Tuesday's primary.

The small turnout of voters across the state was echoed in Prince William County. Countywide there are 237,729 registered voters according to the Virginia SBE; of that number 4.7 percent, or 11,320 voters, turned out to vote in the county.

The local breakdown:

District

Registered Voters

March 6 Turnout

March 6 Percentage Turnout

Woodbridge

27,707

 785

 2.83

Occoquan

37,935

1889

 4.98

Neabsco

29,871

812

2.72

In the Woodbridge District, Romney won all but one precinct. In the Freedom precinct, Paul won 20 to 14 votes in an unofficial tally. 

Three of the Neabsco District's 10 precincts—Beville, Civic Center, and Enterprise—went for Paul. Romney failed to win a fourth precinct, Kerrydale, where the vote was tied at 46. One of those votes for Paul came from a first-time voter, Johnny Reyes, who was convinced to vote by his friend Omer Rafi, a fervent Ron Paul supporter.

"He's been saying the same thing for four years," Reyes said. Rafi, who carpools to work with Reyes, finally convinced Reyes to vote this year. "He said, 'I'll vote if you drive me,'" Rafi said. When he came to pick up Reyes, he discovered Reyes lived right across the street from his polling place.

When Reyes cast his electronic ballot, the polling station workers erupted in cheers, as they did for all first time voters.

To see how the individual precincts voted, click here to see the SBE’s breakdown.