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"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand ... " (from The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats).

May 21, 2019

Virginia Elections 2019

The general election will be held Tuesday, November 5. Primary elections will be held Tuesday, June 11, as needed. Candidate filing deadline for major parties is past. It is June 11 for independents.

Senate

District 22
        Mark Peake (R), Incumbent

         Dakota Claytor, (D)

District 24
        Emmett Hanger, Jr (R), Incumbent
        Tina Freitas (R), wife of Del. Nick Freitas

        Annette Hyde (D), wife, mother, yoga teacher

District 25
        Creigh Deeds (D), Incumbent

House of Delegates

District 25
        Steve Landes (R), Incumbent will not seek re-election
        Richard Fox II (R)
        Pattie Marshall (R)
        Chris Runion (R)
The Republican candidate will be chosen in a firehouse primary to be held April 27 at several locations in the 25th District

         Jenni Kitchen (D), Community organizer       
        Lauren Thompson (D), former Navy, tech support in C'ville schools
       

District 57
        David Toscano (D), Incumbent will not seek re-election
        Sally Hudson (D), Asst Prof, Batten School, UVa--labor economics & public policy assessment  
        Kathy Galvin (D), Architect and planner, member Charlottesville City Council,

District 58
        Rob Bell (R), Incumbent

        Elizabeth Alcorn (D), Retired Dentist, former Greene County chair

District 59
        Matt Fariss (R), Incumbent

        Tim Hickey (D), coordinator of innovative programs for Greene County Public Schools

City of Charlottesville

City Council (Three seats)
        Mike Signer (D), Incumbent not seeking re-election
        Kathy Galvin (D), Incumbent now running for Delegate--see 57th District, above
        Wes Bellamy (D), Incumbent not seeking re-election

         Michael Payne (D)
        Lloyd Snook (D)
        Sena Magill (D)
        Brian Pinkston (D)
        Bob Fenwick (D)

        Paul Long (I)
        Bellamy Brown (I)

School Board (Four seats)
        Dr Sherry Kraft (Incumbent)
        Jennifer McKeever (Incumbent)
        James Bryant (Incumbent)

         Amy Laufer (Incumbent) has resigned.
        Ned Michie, former member, has been appointed to complete her term

Albemarle County

Board of Supervisors (Three seats)

Scottsville
        Rick Randolph (D) Incumbent not seeking re-election
        Donna Price (D) Attorney, retired Navy

        Mike Hallahan (R) Defense attorney

White Hall
       Anne Mallek (D) Incumbent

        Steve Harvey (R) Retired Army, farmer

Rivanna
        Norman Dill (D) Incumbent, not seeking re-election
        Bea LaPisto-Kirtley (D) former (CA) city councilor,
        Jerrod Smith (D) former Mayoral Fellow, Chicago

School Board
        Steve Koleszar, Scottsville (Incumbent) not seeking re-election
        David Oberg, White Hall (Incumbent)
        Jonno Alcaro, At Large (Incumbent)

Possible Republican Candidates  

Bill Weld	73		Massachusetts	Former Governor, recent VP candidate (L)
Donald Trump	72		New York	Incumbent

Possible Democratic Candidates  

Candidates are listed by age. Links are provided for declared and actively exploring candidates.

Bernie Sanders (I)	76		Vermont	Senator (2024)
Joe Biden	75		Delaware	former Vice President, Senator
Elizabeth Warren	69		Massachusetts	Senator (2024)
Jay Inslee	67		Washington (state)	Governor (2020)
John Hickenlooper	66		Colorado	recent Governor
Howard Schultz	65		Washington	businessman
Jay Nixon	62		Missouri	former Governor
Amy Klobuchar	58		Minnesota	Senator (2024)
Bill de Blasio	57		New York	Mayor of New York (2021)
John Delaney	55		Maryland	Representative
Michael Bennet	54		Colorado	Senator (2022)
Kamala Harris	53		California	Senator (2022)
Steve Bullock	52		Montana	Governor (2020)
Kirsten Gillibrand	51		New York	Senator (2020)
Tammy Duckworth	50		Illinois	Senator (2022)
Cory Booker	49		New Jersey	Senator (2024)
Beto O'Rourke	46		Texas	Representative
Christopher Murphy	45		Connecticut	Senator (2024)
Stacy Abrams	45		Georgia	former minority leader in legislature, gubernatorial candidate
Tim Ryan	45		Ohio	Representative
Andrew Yang	44		New York	Entrepreneur
Wayne Messam	44		Florida	Mayor of Miramar, FL. College football star
Julian Castro	44		Texas	former HUD Secretary
Seth Moulton	40		Massachusetts	Representative
Eric Swalwell	38		California	Representative
Tulsi Gabbard	37		Hawaii	Representative
Pete Buttigieg	36		Indiana	Mayor of South Bend (2020)

Republican Candidate 

Denver Riggleman, incumbent

Possible Democratic Candidates  
A primary election will be held, if needed, on June 9, 2020

Roger Dean "RD" Huffstetler, Charlottesville, entrepreneur, former military Kim Daugherty, Fauquier, wife and mother

Progressive Links

OneVirginia2021: http://onevirginia2021.org/ - @1VA2021 - https://www.facebook.com/OneVirginia2021/

Progressive Democrats of Virginia: http://chapters.pdamerica.org/ - @pdamerica - https://www.facebook.com/PDAmerica/

Virginia Organizing: https://www.virginia-organizing.org/ - @VaOrganizing - https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaOrganizing/

Indivisible #VA05: @IndivisibleVA05 - https://www.facebook.com/indivisiblecharlottesville/

Five Calls: https://5calls.org/ - @Make5Calls

Democratic Socialists of Charlottesville: https://www.facebook.com/pg/CvilleDSA/about/

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