Garrett will begin his first term in Congress Jan. 3, 2017.
Several groups have released statements expressing distress at the news.
The stock market appears to be stabilizing after multiple indexes plunged last night following Donald Trump’s election. The Dow Futures Price — which is the price to buy or sell a standardized value of the Dow — had fallen over 800 points overnight, according to a report by CNBC. Standard and Poor’s 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures also decreased more than five percent last Tuesday night.
The Washington outsider notably won several swing states expected to go to Clinton.
Almost 80 percent of Virginia residents voted to pass an amendment to the state constitution that gives property tax breaks to spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.
College Republicans chose to spend their time making calls for campaigns across the country, while the University Democrats kept their efforts focused primarily within the fifth district.
Following an increase of bias-motivated incidents on Grounds this semester, students received emails from University officials and student leaders.
University Democrats, College Republicans and Student Council collaborated to organize an Election Day shuttle from Observatory Hill Dining Hall to University Hall, a polling location for students in first-year dorms and select on-Grounds housing.
Phi Kappa Psi’s defamation suit is not scheduled for trial until October 2017.
State Sen. Tom Garrett (R-Buckingham) defeated Democratic candidate Jane Dittmar in the race for Virginia’s fifth Congressional District seat with 60 percent of the vote.
A panel of University and local school leaders convened Monday to discuss the future of education in Charlottesville.
The new campus is expected to host 30-50 faculty members in addition to research teams and medical students.
Attiya Latif, third-year College student and chair of the Minority Rights Council, said the campaign began after a discussion between members of multicultural student organizations.
“I still mourn the loss of Dean Eramo,” Eramo said.
Cole Carlisle does not believe there is such a thing as throwing away one’s vote. A first-year College student and an Evan McMullin supporter, Carlisle said he knows his candidate will not win the presidential election.
More than 60 percent of undergraduate students who support a major party candidate report choosing to do so in opposition to the other candidate, according to a survey conducted by The Cavalier Daily.
In a four-way race, approximately 9 percent of respondents support Johnson, while 8 percent support Trump.
67 percent of likely registered voters on Grounds will vote for Clinton, while 9 percent will vote for Trump, according to a recent Cavalier Daily Poll. These trends show significantly increased support for the two major candidates as compared to primary election results.
Forty-six percent of University students have views that align with the Democratic party, according to a poll conducted by the Cavalier Daily, in partnership with a faculty advisory committee and the Center for Survey Research
Fifth district congressional candidate Jane Dittmar is leading against opponent Tom Garrett by almost 30 points according to a recent poll conducted by the Cavalier Daily, in partnership with a faculty advisory committee and the Center for Survey Research.
