Jack Dobbyn, a small business owner, has announced his candidacy for Mount Vernon Supervisor and has received the endorsement of former Attorney General candidate Justin Fairfax.
Dobbyn is currently a member of the Board of Supervisors’ Human Services Council and is a co-chair of the Board of Supervisors’ and School Board’s joint working committee, the Successful Children and Youth Policy Team. He is also a former chair of the Mount Vernon District Democratic Committee.
Fairfax, a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Easter District of Virginia was a candidate for the Attorney General seat back in 2013.
According to Fairfax, Dobbyn is a candidate that his demonstrated his commitment to the community in the Mount Vernon District.
“I have witnessed Jack’s commitment to ensuring that all in our community have their votes heard and counted, as well as his programmatic and grass-roots efforts to strengthen families and enrich the lives of children,” Fairfax said in a press release.
Both Dobbyn and Fairfax will be in attendance at the Mount Vernon Democrats’ Seventh Annual Mardi Gras fundraiser, where the first district straw poll will be held.
The Mount Vernon Magisterial District includes Lorton.
