Carroll County stayed true to Virginia’s tendencies on Election Day, even as the Commonwealth’s Electoral votes switched sides for the first time since 1964.

Republican Presidential candidate John McCain swept all districts within Carroll County, beating Democratic candidate Barack Obama 8,186-4,108 according to official voting results.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner won in Carroll County and statewide, defeating Republican Jim Gilmore here 6,736-5,246.

The nearly 2-to-1 margin that McCain enjoyed throughout the county held true in all the districts. McCain took Fancy Gap 1,470-729 and enjoyed a 1,529-891 margin in the Laurel Fork district.

In Pine Creek, McCain won 1,495-791 and posted a 1,581-799 win in Pipers Gap. McCain’s largest win locally was in the Sulphur Springs district, as the Republican candidate posted a 1,545-602 win. McCain also won the absentee ballot count 566-296.

Obama, however, became the first Democrat to take Virginia since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. According to unofficial results posted on the Virginia State Board of Elections Web site, Obama had defeated McCain 1,793,630-1,639,402 to receive Virginia's 13 Electoral votes. Obama won the national election, unofficially picking up the required 270 Electoral votes necessary on Tuesday night.

In the race for Senate, Warner won all but one of Carroll’s districts. Warner topped Gilmore 1,457-939 in Laurel Fork, 1,373-898 in Pine Creek, 1,361-989 in Pipers Gap and 1,096-1,028 in Sulphur Springs. Warner also edged Gilmore 457-371 in absentee ballots.

Gilmore’s lone Carroll County victory came in the Fancy Gap district, as he posted a 1.021-992 win.

Warner was strong statewide, defeating Gilmore 2,190,905-1,169,225 according to the unofficial numbers on the State Board of Elections’ Web site.

In the Ninth Congressional district, Democrat Rick Boucher ran unopposed and picked up 8,543 votes in Carroll County. According to the State Board of Elections’ unofficial numbers, Boucher received 207,828 votes in the district.

Last year, 9,267 Carroll County citizens voted, representing 55.4 percent of the 16,719 registered voters at that time. In the last Presidential election, 2004, there were 12,162 of the 17,311 registered voters at the polls, or 70.3 percent.