Turnout was heavy in Middleburg for elections held on Tuesday, November 6, with more than 300 voters casting ballots in a special local election and more than 800 in the national midterms.

Town Council

In a special election for the Town Council Seat vacated by Middleburg's Mayor, Bridge Littleton, and occupied on an interim basis by former Council Member Bundles Murdoch, Chris Bernard defeated Kurt Abendschein 185 to 135. Three votes were cast for write-in candidates. Only residents of the Town itself were eligible to vote.

Bernard, 32, is West Federal Retail e-Commerce Director and manages three Middleburg businesses: Lou Lou Boutiques, Crème de la Crème, and Zest Clothing, Inc.

Bernard was formally sworn in by the Loudoun County Clerk of Court

U.S. Senate and House

Tim Kaine (D) received 491 votes to Corey Stewart's (R) 301. Kaine's 61% majority here was only slightly less than the 63% he received in the County as a whole.

In Middleburg Democrat Jennifer Weston defeated Republican Barbara Comstock for a seat in the U.S. House representing Virginia's 10th District 459 to 352. Wexton's 57% majority here was 3% lower than her roughly 60% majority in the County as a whole.

Both former Middleburg Mayor Betsy Davis and current Mayor Bridge Littleton had formally endorsed Comstock, in a joint letter under the heading, reading, "From the Desk of the Mayor. . . ," a move that prompted some negative reaction in local so