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2 winners emerge from Arlington’s first-ever ranked choice voting election

24-06-2023 18:42 via wtop.com

Two winners have emerged from the debut of ranked choice voting in Arlington’s Democratic primary election for county board.
Maureen Coffey and Susan Cunningham were announced as the first-ever winners of ranked choice voting in Arlington County.
Coffey and Cunningham received the most votes amongst a group of six candidates also including Natalie Roy, JD Spain, Tony Weaver and Jonathan Dromgoole.
With ranked choice voting, the candidate receiving the least amount of votes is eliminated an

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jun 23, 2023

24-06-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com

Good Friday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 4013 times… so far.
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The following are the most-read articles for today — Jun 23, 2023.An update in the ‘wide open’ Arlington County Board race could come this afternoon
Morning Notes
Morning Poll: Are you more or less optimistic about Arlington than one year ago?
Local kabob shop donates meals to children fighting rare diseasesSince it’s Friday, we’ve a

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WaPo: Caps and Wizards have had ‘preliminary’ talks about new arena in Arlington

24-06-2023 01:30 via arlnow.com

MedStar Capitals Iceplex (via Monumental Sports and Entertainment)
Could Arlington one day be the home of the Capitals and the Wizards?
The Washington Post says talks to build a new arena in the National Landing area, not far from Amazon’s HQ2, are underway — but are in the early stages. The talks come as Monumental Sports and Entertainment, which owns the NHL and NBA franchises, contemplates leaving Capital One Arena in D.C. after the expiration of a lease clause in 2027.
“MSE

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JUST IN: Coffey, Cunningham appear to have won County Board primary

24-06-2023 00:38 via arlnow.com

Officially, the results are preliminary, but it appears that Maureen Coffey and Susan Cunningham will be the Democratic nominees for County Board.
Arlington election officials this afternoon tabulated the results from early voting, primary day voting, and mail-in ballots received since, leaving Coffey and Cunningham on top of the six-way race for two open seats. Only 135 provisional ballots remain to be processed tomorrow and are unlikely to produce a different result.
This year’s primary

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UPDATED: Coffey, Cunningham win County Board primary

24-06-2023 00:30 via arlnow.com

(Updated at 3:20 p.m. on 06/24/23) The ballots have all been counted and the results are finalized: Maureen Coffey and Susan Cunningham are the Democratic nominees for the Arlington County Board.
The results, released at 3:15 p.m. today (Saturday), culminated Arlington’s trial run of ranked-choice voting method. Eyes across the state were reportedly on Arlington, which the state legislature allowed to use the process for County Board elections one year before extending the right to the res

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