In 2020, Donald Trump (R) received 1,580 votes in Covington while Joe Biden (D) received 964 votes. This equates to 60.7% of the vote for Trump and 37.0% of the vote for Biden.
In 2018, Tim Kaine (D) received 785 votes in Covington while Corey Stewart (R) received 957 votes. This equates to 44.2% of the vote for Kaine and 53.9% of the vote for Stewart.
In 2022, Ben Cline (R) received 1,011 votes in Covington while Jennifer Lewis (D) received 474
votes. This equates to 68% of the vote for Cline and 31.9% of the vote for Lewis.
Colton joined the WSLS 10 team as a digital content producer in July 2024, soon after graduating cum laude from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in sociology and a minor in psychology.