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ampaign finance reports for the three Democratic primary candidates in Virginia's 29th Senate district – Jeremy McPike, Delegate Michael Futrell and Atif Qarni – show that the race is going to be very competitive.
“What these numbers show is, is that we are looking at a competitive race for this Democratic nomination,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor and director at the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington.
According to the State Board of Elections website, McPike reported $50,000, Qarni reported $35,743 and Futrell reported $31,716 for this first quarter.
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The field of candidates for local elections in Prince William County is getting smaller.
Republicans held their “firehouse primary” in Prince William County on Saturday. The results of those races tell us which member of the GOP will go on to face their Democratic challengers in the November General Election.
Voting in the firehouse primary took place between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at various locations across the county. The firehouse primary was held instead of a traditional primary on June 9 due to paperwork filing error on the part of the Prince William County Republican Party.
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Lawson successfully linked over development with overcrowding in county schools Â
Jeanine Lawson won her bid to be the next supervisor in Prince William County’s hotly contested Brentsville District.
Lawson will replace former supervisor turned county judge Wally S. Covington after a grueling 9-month campaign in the district.
Lawson ran a campaign promising to limit growth in Prince William County’s most rural district. She successfully linked overdevelopment to the continual overcrowding issues facing the county's public schools.
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Today is the Special Election for candidates running for Brentsville District Supervisor.
Jeanine Lawson, Scott Jacobs, and Eric Young are all on the ballot today as voters decide who will replace former Brentsville District Supervisor Wally Covington.
Polls for today’s special election opened at 6 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. For more information on where to vote in the Brentsville Magisterial District, click here.
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Tim Singstock, a lifelong Prince William County resident and former officer in the Army, is running to be the next Prince William County Public School Board Chairman.
His announcement comes the same week current School Board Chairman Milton C. Johns decided not to seek reelection.
Singstock lives in Montclair with his family and currently works as a self-employed tax accountant. He attended the county’s public schools while growing up.
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Scott Jacobs is no longer a member of the Prince William County Republican Committee.
The group dropped him from their member list on Tuesday prior to debate featuring Jacobs and two other candidates hoping to fill the position of Brentsville District Supervisor.
Jeanine Lawson is the official Republican candidate in the race, unanimously chosen to run for the seat at a mass meeting of Republicans earlier this fall. Jacobs failed to meet proper filing deadlines imposed by the committee and was not able to seek the nomination of the party.
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Virginia Railway Express extension, commuter bus expansion popularÂ
Metro to western Prince William County doesn’t appear to be a popular idea.
The three candidates seeking to be the next Brentsville District Supervisor said bringing the heavy commuter rail service west from Vienna is a non-starter.
“I don’t know why we’re talking about metro; It’s not in the strategic plan so I don’t think it’s a good use of time to even talk about it,” said Eric Young, a Democrat.
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Brentsville District Board of Supervisors candidates debate
The candidates differentiated themselves early on the in the debate. However, on the issue of broadening Prince William County’s light commercial tax base, it was easy to see how much all three agreed.
Jeanine Lawson, Eric Young, and Scott Jacobs submitted to questioning Tuesday night at the first and only scheduled Brentsville District Candidates Debate organized by this news organization, in partnership with Bristow Beat, and hosted at Linton Hall School.Â
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Campaign for Board of Supervisors a first for Scoggins
Donald Scoggins will toss his name into the hat seeking the Republican nomination to be the next Occoquan District Supervisor.
Scoggins will seek the seat to be vacated by current Supervisor Mike May, who announced he’s running to become the next Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney. Scoggins will face competition from fellow Republican John Gray who also wants the seat, and the results of a June 9 Primary Election could be the deciding factor which man will go on to run for the seat in November.
“I’m going to run as a Republican. I’ve been a Republican for over 50 years, and I’m not going to change now,” said Scoggins.
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John Gray will seek his party’s nomination to be the next Occoquan District Supervisor.
If elected, the Republican would replace Mike May who announced he would seek the job of Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney.
Gray ran against Prince William County’s Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart, At-large in 2011 as an independent and lost. Since that election, Gray has remained an active participant in local politics.
