Tonight, Joe Dashiell is at the McLean Hilton, where Robb hopes to celebrate a Democratic victory. Republicans are giddy tonight in Virginia, where their Senate candidate could potentially topple the last Democrat elected to statewide office. The celebration kicks off in an hour at the Richmond Marriott. That's where Ellen Qualls is tonight. In Lynchburg, something more than presidential politics is driving people to the polls.
Supporters say it helps that many of the city's polling places are actually inside school buildings.
The referendum is only the first step towards raising the sales tax in Lynchburg. Supporters say it will have to pass by a large margin to have a chance of surviving the General Assembly. In Radford, where there are two candidates for the Treasurer's job, it was 56-percent. Brian Jackson now has a chance of getting out of prison someday for his part in the Church Avenue rooming house fire. The jury set his punishment at 130 years in prison, for helping to set the fire that killed six people.