Alexandria Unofficial Election Results
Alexandria Unofficial Election Results
The Pandemic Election
Virginia voters support Biden, Warner and a new redistricting commission.
Twenty years ago, Virginia was a red state. Republicans scored Virginia's electoral votes in every presidential election since LBJ was reelected in 1964. Republicans held both U.S. Senate seats. The Grand Old Party had all the statewide offices, a majority of the congressional delegation and both chambers of the General Assembly. That was the environment when Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, both Democrats, ran for governor and lieutenant governor.
Fairfax County Unofficial Election Results
Fairfax County Unofficial Election Results
Chilly but Determined in Arlington
Most voters already voted before Election Day
Almost two-thirds of active registered voters in Arlington had voted either by mail or in person by Saturday when the in-person early voting closed in Virginia.
More than Half of Fairfax County’s 700,000 Voters Voted Early
Virginia localities take precautions to protect voters, workers
Virginia localities are taking a number of precautions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 at polling places even though masks will not be required.
Election Storm of the Century: Herndon-Reston Area
Saying the vote counts is an understatement.
Election Day 2020 will go down in history.
Election Storm of the Century: Great Falls Area
Saying the vote counts is an understatement.
Election Day 2020 will go down in history.
It’s Only Oct. 22, But Looks Like Election Day in Arlington
Arlington has five early polling places.
Arlington Divided Over Amendment One Issue
Which is the real anti-gerrymandering vote?
At a dinner party — held outside — last Saturday night, five Arlington Democrats talked about how they had voted on Amendment One.
Additional Locations for Absentee Voting in Alexandria
The City of Alexandria will open additional voting locations to facilitate in-person absentee voting for the Nov. 3 general and special elections.
Hiding at the Top of the Ticket
Race for Senate features two-term incumbent versus first-time candidate.
When Mark Warner ran for governor in 2001, opponents knocked him for wanting to be governor without having ever run for office before.
Gathering Hundreds of Ideas for Police Reform in Fairfax County
Public input session part of effort to create more transparency in public safety.
In retirement, Randy Sayles, former Marine, former Denver police detective, former DEA special agent undercover in the U.S., Pakistan and Brazil, won a lifetime achievement award from Fairfax County for his efforts to make this county’s police force and policies more equitable for all residents.
An Election about Elections
Voters to determine how redistricting works next year.
When Republicans were in charge of drawing political boundaries for the General Assembly and Congress, Democrats supported an amendment to the Virginia Constitution creating a new mapmaking commission. The idea was to take the power of political gerrymandering out of the hands of the majority and hand it over to a group that wouldn’t be quite so focused on screwing the opposition. But then Democrats seized control of the General Assembly, and most House Democrats flip flopped on the issue.
League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area to Host 10th District Candidate Forum
The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area invites you to join its U.S. House of Representatives – Virginia 10th District Candidate Forum, to be held online on Monday, Oct. 5 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Night Court
Lawmakers to consider eliminating no-knock warrants, new hurdles for nighttime search warrants.
Lawmakers in Virginia are about to consider banning no-knock warrants and creating a new requirement that judges — not magistrates — sign off on search warrants executed at night.