BREAKING: Herrity is lone GOP victor as Democrats dominate Fairfax County elections

(Updated at 12:35 a.m. on 11/8/2023) The Democratic Party’s hold in Fairfax County remains strong, despite Republican efforts to make headway by centering issues from high taxes and “parental rights” in public education to highway tolls.

Preliminary general election results show that candidates supported by the Democrats, either officially or through endorsements, are in line to win every seat on this year’s lengthy ballot — except for Springfield District supervisor.

Seeking a fifth term on the Board of Supervisors, incumbent Pat Herrity is beating Democratic challenger Albert Vega by roughly 14 percentage points, or around 5,000 votes, as of 10:30 p.m. That would be a more comfortable victory than the one Herrity had in 2019, when he edged out Linda Sperling by just 439 votes.

If the current results hold, Herrity will once again be the only Republican on the 10-seat Board of Supervisors, and all 12 Fairfax County School Board seats, along with the county’s entire General Assembly delegation, will be held by Democrats.

Sheriff Stacey Kincaid and Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano are on track for reelection, though about 22% of the ballots cast for the county’s top prosecutor are write-ins. While the results don’t show the names that voters put forward, a write-in campaign for Ed Nuttall — Descano’s opponent in the June Democratic primary — got endorsed by him and the Fairfax County Republican Committee.

In addition, Democrat Chris Falcon, currently the deputy court clerk in Arlington, won the circuit court clerk race with 62% of the vote, even after Republican Gerarda Culipher got endorsed by current Clerk John Frey, who’s retiring after 32 years.

The three open seats on the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District‘s five-person board of directors will also go to candidates endorsed by the Democrats. Voters also approved a $435 million school bond referendum that will fund construction and renovation projects and the installation of security vestibules.

With nearly all precincts reporting, here are the apparent winners of this year’s general election:

Board of Supervisors

• Chairman: Jeff McKay
• Braddock District: James Walkinshaw
• Dranesville District: Jimmy Bierman
• Franconia District: Rodney Lusk
• Hunter Mill District: Walter Alcorn
• Mason District: Andres Jimenez
• Mount Vernon District: Dan Storck
• Providence District: Dalia Palchik
• Springfield District: Pat Herrity
• Sully District: Kathy Smith

School Board

• At Large: Ilryong Moon, Ryan McElveen, Kyle McDaniel
• Braddock District: Rachna Sizemore Heizer
• Dranesville District: Robyn Lady
• Franconia District: Marcia St. John-Cunning
• Hunter Mill District: Melanie Meren
• Mason District: Ricardy Anderson
• Mount Vernon District: Mateo Dunne
• Providence District: Karl Frisch
• Springfield District: Sandra Anderson
• Sully District: Seema Dixit

 

State Senate

• District 33: Jennifer Carroll Foy
• District 34: Scott Surovell
• District 35: Dave Marsden
• District 36: Stella Pekarsky
• District 37: Saddam Salim
• District 38: Jennifer Boysko
• District 39: Adam Ebbin

House of Delegates

• District 4: Charniele Herring (uncontested)
• District 6: Rip Sullivan
• District 7: Karen Keys-Gamarra
• District 8: Irene Shin
• District 9: Karrie Delaney
• District 10: Dan Helmer
• District 11: David Bulova
• District 12: Holly Seibold (uncontested)
• District 13: Marcus Simon
• District 14: Vivian Watts
• District 15: Laura Jane Cohen
• District 16: Paul Krizek (uncontested)
• District 17: Mark Sickles (uncontested)
• District 18: Kathy Tran
• District 19: Rozia Henson Jr. (uncontested)

Other

• Circuit Court Clerk: Chris Falcon
• Commonwealth’s Attorney: Steve Descano
• Sheriff: Stacey Kincaid
• Soil and Water Conservation: Dana Barakat, Rhonda Bitterli, Chris Koerner

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