This year’s primary is special!
Every 4 years, all 10 seats on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors are up for election – one Chairman at-large, and one for each of 9 county magisterial districts. There are no term limits.
This year, half the current Supervisors are retiring after years of service. These seats are seeing competitive primaries for the first time in decades! It’s an unprecedented turn over!
These 10 elected officials on the Board of Supervisors annually set homeowner property tax rates in Fairfax County. They establish the annual budget that allocates our property taxes to fund county-administered services – in the upcoming FY 2020 it is a $4.4 Billion budget of YOUR tax dollars – to fund public schools, police and fire services, health & human services, libraries, parks & recreation, transit, environmental sustainability, affordable housing, and much more. The Board also approves land use & development policies & plans – and more!
Linked here is a fantastic flier about the candidates and when/how to vote, from the Fairfax Democratic Committee.
You can also view links to candidates’ websites here:
https://fairfaxdemocrats.org/2019/04/23/2019-democratic-primary-information-for-voters/
Quickly, though, the competitive seats are:
- Board of Supervisors Chairman (4 candidates);
- Hunter Mill District Supervisor (5 candidates);
- Commonwealth’s Attorney (2 candidates);
- Precincts with a Senate Primary in Hunter Mill:
- 240 Colvin: Barbara Favola vs Nicole Merlene for SD31;
- 235 Frying Pan and 237 McNair: Jennifer Boysko vs Sharafat Hussain for SD33.
Please share with your friends and make your voting plans! Polls are open from 6am-7pm on June 11—check your voting location here. And, there are early absentee voting options before then. So no excuses!
Every vote really matters!
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