Local business owner Tom Dannan will be the Braddock District’s next representative on the Fairfax County School Board.
Endorsed by local Democrats in a caucus on Jan. 10, the 41-year-old Terra Centre resident bested GOP-supported Saundra Davis in a special election today (Tuesday), securing the seat with approximately 65% of the vote, according to unofficial results.
County supervisors on Tuesday (Feb. 13) honored Fairfax County Police Department personnel for providing support at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
“We can’t forget the people who were wearing the uniform that day, defending democracy,” Board Chair Jeff McKay said at the presentation, which honored the police personnel from the county who responded when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
Braddock District Democrats will meet this weekend to determine their favored candidate for a vacant school board seat.
Though school board seats are non-partisan, local political parties can endorse a candidate. With two people running to represent the district on the Fairfax County School Board, the Fairfax County Democratic Committee (FCDC) will let voters to decide who receives its backing.
If the Fairfax County School Board has its way, a new Braddock District representative will be in place by the end of the current academic year.
In accordance with Virginia law, the remaining board members yesterday (Thursday) petitioned the Fairfax County Circuit Court to schedule the special election to replace Rachna Sizemore Heizer, who was elected earlier this month as the county’s new Braddock District supervisor.
After 97 days, the Braddock District once again has its own representative on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
Rachna Sizemore Heizer was formally sworn in yesterday (Tuesday), having won last week’s special election for the seat. She officially succeeds James Walkinshaw, who resigned after being elected to Congress earlier this year.
Democrat Rachna Sizemore Heizer has been elected to represent the Braddock District on Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors.
Sizemore Heizer, who represents Braddock on the Fairfax County School Board, has secured nearly 67% of the vote once all precincts began reporting results, leading Republican Ken Balbuena (29.91%) to concede the special election today (Tuesday).
Fairfax County’s Braddock District will soon have a new representative on the Board of Supervisors.
After six weeks of early voting, residents will officially head to the polls tomorrow (Tuesday) to select the successor to James Walkinshaw, who vacated the seat after winning election to Congress in September.
Braddock District voters will soon select their next representative on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
Early voting in the race begins tomorrow (Friday), giving residents more than six weeks to cast their ballots before the special election on Dec. 9.
No special election is on the calendar, but that hasn’t stopped a former PTA president from seeking a potential seat on the Fairfax County School Board.
Tom Dannan, a Democrat from Burke, is the first declared candidate looking to succeed Rachna Sizemore Heizer as the school board’s Braddock District representative, he announced yesterday (Wednesday).
The three contenders seeking to represent the Braddock District on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors made their case to voters last night (Wednesday).
A capacity crowd packed Braddock Hall to hear from the aspiring successors to James Walkinshaw, who resigned after winning election to Congress in September.
