The 30-year-old Democrat said a family emergency kept him from greeting his supporters at Todos supermarket in Woodbridge. Thankfully, he says, things are OK with his family but he did not elaborate on what the issue was.

There are plans to reschedule the campaign kick off on July 25 but did not say where it would be located, and did not say why he is choosing to postpone the event to the end of the month.


Woodbridge, Va. –– The first phase of widening U.S. 1 in Woodbridge is fully funded.


The global engineering firm he was working for recently went through a second round of downsizing, and on Friday Chris Royse announced to his Facebook faithful he’ll now be campaigning full time.

“This is good news for the campaign but a rough patch for my family as I search for a new job. We believe, however, everything happens for a reason,” said Royse.


The county in April submitted plans to create three precincts and to shift five polling places within the county’s seven established magisterial districts that are used to elect members of the county’s Board of Supervisors and School Board.

Virginia, under the Voting Rights Act of 1964, must submit their redistricting plans done every 10 years to the Department of Justice for approval.


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