Robert S. Bloxom Jr. has been elected to represent the 100th House of Delegates District.
Bloxom who ran as a Republican defeated Democrat Willie Randall in Tuesdays special election.
Bloxom will head to Richmond where he will immediately be sworn in and represent the Eastern Shore for the remainder of the 2014 legislative session.
The total vote count for the district was Bloxom, 6810 votes or 60.3% with Randall getting 4473 or 39.61% of the votes.
Bloxom won Accomack County with 4464 votes compared to Randalls 2346.
In Northampton Bloxom had 1527 votes to 1234 votes for Randall .
In the Norfolk Districts, Randall had 893 votes compared to 818 for Bloxom.
Bloxom is the second generation of his family to serve as Virginias 100th district delegate. His father Bob Bloxom served in the position for many years.
Bloxom is a 1985 graduate of the University of Richmond and a 1981 graduate of Broadwater Academy. He is the owner and operator of Bloxom Auto Supply in Mappsville,
Shore Tire and Auto in Onley, and Egret Pointe Seafood.
He has served on the Economic Development Authority of Accomack County, the statewide Aquaculture Advisory Board,
the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the Broadwater Academy Board of Directors.
Bloxom also served as past chairman of the Eastern Shore
Seafood Festival, on the Arts Council of the Eastern Shore, and is a past director of the Eastern Shore Soil and Water District.
Bloxom is 51and is married to Lou Hall Bloxom and has 3 children.
Bloxom lives at Egret Point near Gargatha.
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