CIA Democrat House Rep. Takes Lead Over GOP Challenger After 14,616 Votes Found On 'Memory Stick'

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Nov. 05, 2020

Democratic incumbent Abigail Spanberger, a "former" CIA operations officer, took the lead over her Republican challenger Nick Freitas in Virginia's 7th Congressional District by 5,134 votes on Wednesday and swiftly declared victory after "14,616 central absentee votes" were found on a "mislabeled memory stick."

"In CD7, Spanberger now leads by 5,134 votes after Henrico County posts 14,616 central absentee votes that were overlooked on Election night," The Virginia Public Access Project reported. "Officials overlooked the ballots, which were saved on a memory stick mislabeled as 'provisional ballots.'"

In CD7, Spanberger now leads by 5,134 votes after Henrico County posts 14,616 central absentee votes that were overlooked on Election night. Officials overlooked the ballots, which were saved on a memory stick mislabeled as "provisional ballots." https://t.co/UL3zFe0kEb
— vpapupdates (@vpapupdates) November 4, 2020

The initial batch of Henrico absentee votes broke 70.7% @SpanbergerVA07; 27.5% for @NickForVA. This second smaller batch went 64.0% Spanberger; 35.8% Freitas.
— vpapupdates (@vpapupdates) November 4, 2020

Here's what this race stands now. #VA07 @NickForVA @SpanbergerVA07 pic.twitter.com/Uy28iOApsK
— vpapupdates (@vpapupdates) November 4, 2020

Freitas was ahead by 1,353 votes in VPAP's previous update.

In VA07, corrected returns during Wednesday's canvas expands Freitas' lead to 1,353 from 713. There are still 69,000 outstanding absentee ballots to be counted, most of them in Spotslvania and Henrico. https://t.co/RxiP9JcsqD pic.twitter.com/UnVoNVXC6D
— vpapupdates (@vpapupdates) November 4, 2020

Spanberger declared victory after the "memory stick" votes were found, even though the final vote tally had yet to be determined and the AP had not called the race.

BREAKING NEWS: Democratic incumbent Abigail Spanberger has declared victory over Republican challenger Nick Freitas in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District race. https://t.co/Kfnc7mw6oN
— NBC12 WWBT Richmond (@NBC12) November 4, 2020

"There will be no new blocks of votes tallied until Friday afternoon," VPAP reported.

There will be no new blocks of votes tallied until Friday afternoon. Stay tuned https://t.co/Wx6tvZBWeX
— vpapupdates (@vpapupdates) November 4, 2020

"Donald Trump had won the 7th District by 28,000 votes in 2016, but Democratic challenger Joe Biden carried the district by less than a percentage point on Tuesday on his way to winning Virginia's electoral votes, according to unofficial returns reported by VPAP," The Richmond-Times Dispatch reported Wednesday night.

Freitas said Wednesday night that he is not conceding "until the canvass officially concludes on Friday."

Important update on where we stand in Virginia's 7th District. pic.twitter.com/fokuzuD60z
— Nick Freitas (@NickForVA) November 5, 2020

Richard Anderson, Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, told The Larry O'Connor Show on Wednesday that he and Freitas have "deep concerns" that preliminary numbers out of Henrico County "appear to show more absentee votes cast than there were applicants for those absentee votes."

Richard Anderson told Larry O'Connor that there are more votes than voters in Henrico. Starts at 3:15 markhttps://t.co/I3WZBxGmBx
— 💎PicaDilly LOLz 💎 (@admirathoria) November 5, 2020

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