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Virginia Smith for the 15th VASEN

18 Saturday May 2019

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June 8th Democratic Caucus Canceled for the 15th Senate District.

Virginia Smith, Prince George resident, educator, writer, and entrepreneur was the only person to prefile for nomination as the Democratic Nominee for the 15th Virginia Senate District. Over 80% of Prince George is in the 15th. She is the nominee so you do not need to vote anywhere in Prince George if you are in support of her candidacy as a Democrat.

There is a Republican Primary for the 15th which pits Dale L. Sturdifen against the incumbent Frank M. Ruff, Jr. But that does not involve Virginia Smith.

16th Virginia Senate Democratic Primary:

If you vote in the Union Branch, Rives, Courts, or Jefferson Park precinct you will want to vote in the Democratic Primary. Joe Morressey is challenging Senator Rosalyn R. Dance of Petersburg to be the democratic nominee for that seat. You vote in your regular polling place for that primary.

62nd House of Delegates Democratic Primary:

Part of Jefferson Park precinct is in the 62nd House of Delegates District. Riley Ingram is retiring so there is no incumbent. Tarorise K. Marks and Lindsey M. Dougherty are viying for the Democratic nomination to that seat.

Important Dates for the Primaries:

May 20 – Last day to register to vote if not already registered or to update an existing registration

June 4 -Deadline is 5pm to request an absentee ballot by mail

June 8- Last day for in person absentee voting. Registrar’s office open 9 am – 5 pm

June 11 – Primary Election Day. All county precincets open from 6 am til 7pm

Taking to the hustings …

07 Friday Apr 2017

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Prince George Dems welcome candidates

If you haven’t heard the word “hustings” it has usually meant, in America, any event where candidates make campaign speeches.  It has older meanings in German and in English having to do with a hustings being a deliberative assembly or a special court, but here in the ole USA it means when politicians put it all out there, in front of each other, as they make their pitches to the voters.

The Prince George Dems meeting on April 5th, had very much that feeling.  Among the guests were Leila Holmes, running for the School Board from District 2 and  Evelina Davis, who is considering a run for the School Board from District 1.

 

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from left Sheila Bynum-Coleman, PG Dems Chair Cynthia Mitchell, and Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Cantrell, one of three Democratic candidates for nomination to run for the 64th Virginia House of Delegates district presented at the meeting though his Democratic opponents were not present.  Both John Wandling and Rebecca S. Colaw have visited the committee before though not on the same occasion.

 

Tavorise Marks with Cynthia 2Both Democratic candidates for the 62nd Virginia House of Delegates district spoke. Sheila Bynum-Coleman and Tavorise Marks are the two contenders.  Bynum-Coleman was the Democratic candidate in the last election and took 40 something percent of the vote.  Marks has run before in 62nd primaries and brings military experience to his desire to serve.

Matt Handsfield, Regional Field Organizer for the Ralph Northam campaign for Governor, spoke on behalf of his campaign.  Northam is the current Lieutenant Governor.  His Primary challenger is Tom Perriello, a former U.S. Congressman.

The candidates had only two to three minutes to introduce themselves, so didn’t have much time to explain their platforms.  They were all able to stay after the meeting and connect with the members and guests present.  A local committee must remain neutral through a Primary, but individual committee members may support and endorse any candidates of their choice.

All of these candidates have facebook pages and websites so look them up and learn more about what they propose and how you can donate and volunteer.

More will follow shortly about upcoming important deadlines, caucuses, and conventions.  Ah, it is political season again …

 

 

Busy week for Prince George Dems

05 Saturday Mar 2016

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Primary turnout:

Of the 21765 registered voters in Prince George County, only 6583 turned out to vote or roughly 30.5% of the total registered voters. Of those 6583 votes the Democratic candidates garnered 2567 votes.  Hillary Clinton received 1994 votes, Bernie Sanders 566 votes and 7 uniformed souls voted for Martin O’Malley.  O’Malley had withdrawn from the race, but the ballots had been printed.

On the Republican side of the ledger the top three vote getters by large margins were Trump with 1939 votes, Rubio with 932 votes, and Ted Cruz with 779 votes.

PG Dems meeting:

Sen McEachin 1 (2)The regular monthly meeting was held Thursday night.  The highlight of the meeting was the visit by Senator A. Donald McEachin,VA 9th Senate District) who joined us to announce that he had filed to run for election to Congress from the 4th Congressional District.  Previously, Prince George had been split between the 3rd and the 4th Congressional Districts, with Bobby Scott representing the 3rd and Randy Forbes representing the 4th.

After winning a court battle a number of districts were redrawn to remedy the racially gerrymandered congressional district which had been engineered by the GOP.  Now all of Prince George is in the 4th as is Richmond and Petersburg.  This removed the 4th CD from the safe GOP districts.  After doing the math the Republican Randy Forbes decided to run in the safe 2nd CD where his friend Scott Rigell is retiring.

Senator McEachin is a lawyer in private practice and has been in the Virginia Senate since 2007.  He is married to Colette is also a lawyer and this Henrico couple have three daughters.  You may learn more about Senator McEachin at www.donaldmceachin.com.

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On June 14 there will be another Primary to select the nominee for the 4th CD.  It is rumored that Elliot Fausz (Chesterfield) and Ella Ward (Chesapeake) will be candidates for the Democratic nomination as well.

Learn more about the Prince George Dems at facebook.com/princegeorgedems or at their facebook group ‘Prince George Dems & Friends’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Likely in 16th VA Senate District

11 Wednesday Mar 2015

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This article ‘Preston sought judicial appointment before challenging Dance’ was front page on the Richmond Times Dispatch today. Yesterday the PG Dems had posted Senator Dance’s press release announcing her bid for reelection to the 16th Virginia Senate. When that press release was posted it was unknown that Delegate Preston had formally announced for the seat.  According to the article in today’s paper he announced somewhere on Monday that he would run against Senator Dance in the June primary.

This Blog represents the Prince George Democratic Committee and the Committee must be neutral as to Democratic primary candidates through the primary process, but your comments on any posts or articles cited are invited, provided they are polite and do not demean the character or misstate the record of a fellow Democrat.