This is Rex Parr’s second run for a seat on the Manassas City Council.
The Democrat placed 5th in a seven-person race for three open seats on the council in 2016. After a two-year break from campaigning, and after his 2015 retirement from leading Manassas-based Didlake, Inc., he’s running again.
Preston Banks is seeking another term on the Manassas Park Governing Body.
He’s one of three people seeking as many open seats on the council. Voters will head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 6.
In January, Tom Coen was plucked from a laundry list of candidates who all wanted an interim seat on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.
His fellow board members chose him after Bob Thomas vacated the seat after he won election to the Virginia House of Delegates.
Sanford Williams is seeking another term on the Manassas City School Board.
He currently serves as Chairman of the Board, and this election cycle he’s put the focus on the division’s push to build a new Jennie Dean Elementary School.
This is Theresa Coates Ellis’ second run for a seat on the Manassas City Council.
Ellis ran unsuccessfully for council in 2016. Since then, she’s been a regular at business and community events.
Gordon Silver is a Republican running for a seat on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.
If elected as the George Washington District Supervisor, Silver would be a newcomer to the county’s political stage.
Delegate Rich Anderson has represented the 51st House District (Prince William County) in the Virginia General Assembly since 2010. He is a retired 30-year Air Force colonel who now co-chairs the joint House-Senate Military and Veterans Caucus, the central clearinghouse for bills that affect veterans.
Two years ago, Andeson ran unopposed. In 2013, Anderson won re-election by seven points with 53% of the vote.
Patricia Richie-Folks is looking to keep her seat as the Manassas City Treasurer.
She’s been there less than a year, after winning the seat in a special election last November following the requirement of longtime city treasurer Robin Perkins.
Hala Ayala has long been a familiar face for Democrats in Prince William County.
She’s the president of the Prince William County chapter of the National Organization for Women, and she’s attended standing-room-only meetings of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors to protest Chairman At-large Corey Stewart’s position on pursuing immigrants in the U.S. who entered illegally.
After serving as Virginia House Majority Whip since 2012, Jackson Miller is running for reelection to the 50th House Seat serving Manassas and part of Prince William County.
Miller is running against first-time candidate Lee Carter, a Democrat.
