Some Abigail Spanberger campaign signs were found defaced this morning in Woodbridge.
The Prince William County GOP condemned the action, calling it “wrong” and “illegal.” Spanberger is the Democrat incumbent in Virginia’s 7th congressional district and is challenged by Republican Yesli Vega.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will join Yesli Vega for a campaign rally.
The campaign told Potomac Local News via email today the rally will occur at 7 p.m. Monday, October 24, at Montclair Tabernacle Church, at 16120 Dumfries Road near Dumfries.
Prince William County’s Racial and Social Justice passed two resolutions outlining its concern over to plan to pave over areas next to Manassas National Battlefield to build data centers.
The Board has had a tumultuous past, rarely finding common ground. The resolutions come as the Board of County Supervisors is set to hear the case for the data center project on November 1 and must decide whether to rezone 2,100 acres next to the battlefield for Prince William Digital Gateway. These server farms would help power the internet.
Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard made the trip from Hawaii to Quantico Marine Corps Base to campaign for Republican Yesli Vega.
Gabbard joined Vega on the stump at her campaign headquarters, at the Quantico Gateway office complex just outside the base Saturday, October 22, 2022. Gabbard outlined why she left the Democratic Party earlier this month and urged voters to round up their friends and head to the polls to cast their ballot for Vega.
About 1,000 students at Stafford High School fell ill.
According to Stafford County Public Schools spokeswoman Sandra Osborn, the students are out sick with absent with flu-like/gastrointestinal symptoms.
Residents in all four of Prince William County’s towns received incorrect election notices telling them to vote at the wrong polling station.
Prince William County General Voter Registrar Eric Olsen said a contractor sent the incorrect notices to about 5,300 residents in Dumfries, Haymarket, Occoquan, and Quantico. Residents in the towns of Herndon and Clifton in Fairfax County also received incorrect notices, WJLA-TV first reported.
Updated 7 p.m. –– The Republican Party of Virginia filed a lawsuit against the Prince William County Elections Office.
The GOP says the county has not done its job to allow handpicked party representatives to work as poll chiefs and assistant chiefs on Election Day, November 8, 2022.
The commuter railway operations board voted today to continue the free fares, an extension of the free fare program it provided riders last month on its Fredericksburg and Manassas lines.
The railroad will again charge the full fare for those who board at stations south of Springfield. In July, VRE decided it would let all riders take its trains free while Metro closes its Blue and Yellow lines south of Reagan National Airport for rehabilitation work.
The Prince William County Planning Commission approved a location for a new elementary school in Woodbridge. Construction crews will build the on about 10 acres on the north side of Prince William Parkway near the intersection of Route 1.
The school will have three stories to accommodate 631 students. The purpose is to relieve overcrowding at several elementary schools, such as Featherstone, Kilby, and Marumsco elementary schools.
Have you ever loved a bridge so much you want to see it win an award?
The Chatham Bridge linking Fredericksburg and Stafford County is up for an American Transportation Award, and the deadline to vote is tomorrow, Friday, October 21.
