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Virginia Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock lost her House seat Tuesday night after a heated race with Democrat Jennifer Wexton. Wexton鈥檚 win in Virginia鈥檚 10th District was called earlier than most poll watchers expected.

Comstock was seeking her third term in the House. In unofficial results, , while Comstock earned 43. 8 percent.

During her concession speech in Ashburn following the election results, Comstock said her work will continue.

鈥淪uccess is never final; failure is never failed,鈥� Comstock said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the courage to continue that counts.鈥�

Comstock said successes like the Republicans鈥� will continue to serve communities. The child tax credit is a part of the passed in December 2017, which Comstock supported and said is the reason the economy is booming.

鈥淥ur common sense conservative values we will continue to fight for,鈥� she said. 鈥淎nd we鈥檒l continue to get all of these great successes for years to come.鈥�

Celia Meyer, a 28-year-old Ashburn resident, said the economy is the reason why she voted for Comstock because she feels it has been doing 鈥渆xtremely well since the tax bill.鈥�

鈥淒ue to the tax bill, now, next year we鈥檒l be able to qualify for it鈥� (the child tax credit), Meyer said. 鈥淚鈥檓 extremely happy about that, and I just want to see the economy keep growing.鈥�

Meyer said the results in the 10th District had less to do with Comstock and more to do with President Donald Trump and his personality.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a referendum on Donald Trump,鈥� Meyer said. 鈥淣o one in this area likes him.鈥�

Meyer said she feels Comstock has proven herself from a policy standpoint, and her opponent Wexton has done nothing in the Virginia state senate.

Bill Wilkin, 67, a high school history teacher in Ashburn, said he is a strong supporter who admires Comstock. Wilkin said he feels Trump鈥檚 shadow is 鈥渃learly鈥� why Comstock lost. He said Comstock has consistently spoken against Trump鈥檚 offensive tweets and executive orders.

鈥淔or Jennifer Wexton to claim that Barbara was 鈥楾rumpstock鈥� was a blatant lie,鈥� Wilkin said. 鈥淪he knows that Barbara is not a Trump clone鈥�and to enter Congress based on a lie is a dumb way to enter Congress.鈥�

Wilkin said he is originally from upstate New York and was previously a Democrat. He said Comstock鈥檚 loss is not a victory for Democrats.

鈥淭he Democrats, I think, are going to regret the way they picked up whatever seats they pick up tonight,鈥� Wilkin said. 鈥淲exton鈥檚 not ready for prime time.鈥�

Christine Hackett, 57, works part-time doing business development for an engineering firm. Hackett said she is a registered Democrat but voted for Comstock because she represented the district the best during her two terms.

Hackett said after Trump was elected in 2016, she started to listen more to people who said the Democratic Party was not helping them economically.

鈥淚 started paying attention a lot more and came to believe that Barbara Comstock was working for the whole district, not just Republicans,鈥� Hackett said. 鈥淪he works for everybody.鈥�

Hackett also said the results were not because of Comstock鈥檚 views on issues and policies.

鈥淭rump has a lot of detractors,鈥� Hackett said. 鈥淪he was unfortunately painted with that brush, and I just hope she doesn鈥檛 get discouraged and wants to stay involved in public service.鈥�