OCCOQUAN, Va. — Mayor Earnie Porta has decided he won’t seek reelection after nearly seven years on the job.
The popular Democrat announced today there are new things in life that we wants to occupy his time with, though there was no indication that he would seek higher office in a local or state seat if one were to become available.
RICHMOND, Va. – Among the flurry of ethics reform bills being proposed throughout the Virginia General Assembly is Senate Bill 212, which would remove Freedom of Information Act exemptions for legislators and their aides.
The new FOIA bill, which is part of an ethics package authored by Sen. J. Chapman Petersen, D-Fairfax, would remove Delegate Tag Greason’s, R – Potomac Falls, House Bill 1639 less than a year after its approval.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Mark Gibson will run again for the 11th Congressional District that includes portions of Prince William and Fairfax counties.
An independent, this will be Gibson’s second run at unseating Democrat Gerry Connolly whose been in office since 2009.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Jeanine Lawson will try again in Brentsville in 2015.
The Republican who ran against sitting District Supervisor Wally Covington during a GOP Primary Election in 2011 announced this morning she once again will seek election to that seat in 2015.
Graduating from North Stafford High School, Sellers earned her Sociology degree from North Carolina State University. In 2009, she had returned to Stafford County and chose to run against then Garrisonville District Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer.
Sellers recalled a conversation with her parents about how many Stafford races go uncontested, that sparked her interest in running for the Board seat.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Democrat Mark Herring won Prince William County after a recount of ballots cast in the county. The finding reaffirms the initial vote count completed following the statewide General Election on Nov. 5, but with some slight changes.
More in a press release from the Prince William County Office of Elections:
MANASSAS, Va. — Congressman Frank Wolf is calling it quits after 33 years in office.
The long-serving congressman, who represents portions of Prince William, Loudoun, and Fairfax counties, announced his decision not to seek reelection on Tuesday.
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HAYMARKET, Va. – Mayor David Leake was censured this morning in an special meeting of the Haymarket Town Council.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Some of the Delegates from eastern Prince William County headed to Richmond next month for the annual General Assembly lawmaking session will take questions from voters next week.
More in a press release from Delegate Scott Lingamfelter (R-Prince William, Fauquier)
A Fairfax County Democrat is making a run for Congressman Frank Wolf’s seat in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District.
Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust, representing the Dranesville District, has challenge and the Republican Wolf for a seat he has held since 1981.
