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.
Below, find his responses to our Project: Election questionnaire.
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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.
Banks is a member of the Prince William County Republican Committee and has put his campaign's focus on reducing the city's debt and solving its water problems.
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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.
Thomas has spent the past 10 months focused on local issues, and learning his way through the trappings of local government.
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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.
Voters will head to the polls on November 6 to vote on who will fill three open seats on the School Board.
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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.
We sent a questionnaire to Coates Ellis. Her responses are below:
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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.
He's seeking a seat that was vacated in January by former Supervisor turned Virginia State Delegate Bob Thomas.
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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.
This year marks the first time Anderson's Democratic opponent, Hala Ayala, is not only a female but the local chapter presdient of the National Organization of Women.
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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.
Richie-Folks won by three points last year. And this year, she faces the same opponent -- Republican Rusell Harrison.
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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.
This General Election on Nov. 7 marks the first time she's been a candidate. and she has her sights set to unseat long-serving Delegate Rich Anderson of District 51, which encompasses nearly all of Prince William.
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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.
In 2015, Miller won the office by nearly 20 points.
