Students discuss elections in Mr. Dennis’ 6th period AP government class.
Written By: Dylan Howdyshell, Reporter
It is November again, and elections have taken place.
The elections were held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, this year on November 3. You could have taken part in choosing our leaders if you were, A: 18 years of age, and B: registered as a voter in Virginia. If not, then you’ll have to wait until next year.
The elections determined who will be our next Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and House of Delegates Representative.
Each of the major parties in Virginia sponsored individuals running for the different offices available. The representatives for the Democratic Party were Creigh Deeds for Governor, Jody Wagner for Lieutenant Governor, and Stephen Shannon for Attorney General.
The representatives from the Republican Party were Bob McDonnell for Governor, Bill Bolling for Lieutenant Governor, and Ken Cuccinelli as Attorney General.
As a newly active voter in the United States, a senior, Sam Masse finally had the chance to have his voice heard.
“I’ll probably vote for Deeds for Governor,” Masse said before the election. “McDonnell seems to be about the Bush economic plan, and I’m definitely not for that. And I’m certainly not going to throw my vote out, say, to the Green Party or something like that.”
As for the district delegate, Masse had this to say: “I’m leaning toward Marrow. At least he didn’t lose his cool and say something goofy like ‘I’m getting really P’Oed right now’ at the debate.”
Mr. Tim Dennis, an experienced Government teacher and a well-valued member of the WHS staff, arranged for the school to participate in a mock election to determine who the students of Virginia would like to be Governor.
Students throughout Virginia voted, and selected Bob McDonnel as the next governor of Virginia with 51.4 percent of the vote, beating out Creigh Deeds with 48.6 percent.
In addition to choosing McDonnell as the governor, students selected the Democratic candidates Jody Wagner and Stephen Shannon for their offices, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, respectively.
At WHS, however, the students voted in the Democratic candidates as a whole.
Here, Creigh Deeds won 50.8 percent of the vote for governor; Jody Wagner won the lieutenant governor’s race with 54. 5 percent of the vote, and Steve Shannon was elected the attorney general spot with 53.6 percent of the students’ vote.
The actual election however, turned out differently for the Democrats.
Bob McDonnell won with a surprising majority, as did the rest of his party members, and they will take office in January.
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