By Brian Trompeter
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will have a familiar 9-1 Democratic-Republican split come next year, although a couple of those faces will be new.
All Democratic incumbent supervisors won re-election in the Nov. 7 election, as did Democrats succeeding supervisors of the same party who were retiring.
Chairman Jeff McKay (D) bested Republican Arthur Purves, Supervisor Rodney Lusk (D) defeated challengers Paul Beran and Mark Welch, Democrat Jimmy Bierman (D) prevailed over Republican Puneet Ahluwalia to succeed retiring Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) and Democrat Andres Jimenez beat Republican Terry Modglin to succeed retiring Supervisor Penelope Gross (D-Mason).
Supervisor Daniel Storck (D-Mount Vernon) won another term by defeating challengers Richard Hayden and Christopher Morgan, Supervisor Dalia Palchik (D-Providence) beat challenger Brian Murphy, Supervisor Kathy Smith (D-Sully) beat Republican Keith Elliott and Supervisor Walter Alcorn (D-Hunter Mill) fended off a challenge from Indira Massey and Supervisor James Walkinshaw (D-Braddock) beat Carey Chet Campbell to earn another term.
The board’s lone Republican, Springfield District Supervisor Patrick Herrity, won another term by besting challengers Albert Vega and Corazon Sandoval Foley.
Democrats maintained their majority in the state Senate. In local races Saddam Salim (D) defeated Kenneth Reid (R) in the 37th District and Jennifer Boysko (D) emerged victorious over Matthew Lang in the 38th District.
Democrats also appear to have earned a slim majority in the House of Delegates, which had been held by Republicans over the past two years. Locally, incumbent Del. Holly Seibold (D) ran unopposed in the 12th District, Del. Rip Sullivan (D) beat Kristin Hoffman (R) in the 6th District and Del. Marcus Simon (D) defeated David Crane Jr. (R) in the 13th District.
All 140 General Assembly seats were up for grabs this year and featured new district numbers and boundaries following redistricting.
In other local elections, Christopher Falcon (D) defeated Republican candidate Gerarda Culipher in the race to succeed retiring John Frey as clerk of the court for Fairfax County and the city of Fairfax.
Steve Descano (D), commonwealth’s attorney for Fairfax County and the city of Fairfax, beat back a write-in challenge by Ed Nuttall to secure another term.
Stacey Kincaid (D), the incumbent sheriff for Fairfax County and city of Fairfax, defeated challengers Jerry McMillian and Christopher DeCarlo.
In the election for Fairfax County School Board, Democratically endorsed candidates maintained the party’s unanimous hold on the 12-member board. The three at-large seats were won by Democrat-endorsed former School Board members Ilryong Moon and Ryan McElveen and candidate Robert McDaniel, who defeated challengers Saundra Davis, Cassandra Aucoin, Linda Pellegrino, Ahmed Mahdi Hussein, Maureen Brody and Peter Gabor.
Other Democratically endorsed School Board candidates who won included incumbent Rachna Sizemore Heizer (Braddock District), who beat Priscilla DeStefano; incumbent Melanie Meren (Hunter Mill District), who bested Harry Jackson; Robyn Lady (Dranesville District), who beat Paul Bartkowski; and Marcia St. John-Cunning (Franconia District), who remained on the ballot after some back-and-forth regarding petition signatures and earned more votes than Kevin Pinkney.
In other School Board election results, incumbent Ricardy Anderson (Mason District) defeated Kristin Ball; Mateo Dunne (Mount Vernon District) beat Stori Zimmerman, incumbent Karl Frisch (Providence District) bested Anthony Fabio; Sandy Anderson (Springfield District) prevailed over Debra Tisler and Peter Bixby-Eberhardt, and Seema Dixit (Sully District) defeated Cynthia Walsh.
Democratic candidates also fared well in the election for Soil and Water Conservation District, with Rhonda Bitterli, Chris Koerner and Dana Barakat beating Debra Maddrell, Edward Monroe Jr., Mary Ellen Flynn and Mary Strayhorne.
