No election cycle is complete without checking out the action over in the City of Manassas. Their elections are often more interesting than those in Prince William County. Let’s do a little snooping across city lines!
In the spring of 2012, a small group of Manassas City citizens started a petition drive to place on the Nov. ballot a referendum to move all city elections from May to Nov. By July, over 2200 signatures had been secured and the referendum was on the Nov. ballot. Despite strong opposition from city Republicans, it passed by a margin in the neighborhood of 20% and all elections now are held in conjunction with State and national elections. The group responsible for this change is Manassas Votes, a non-partisan citizens advocacy group.
The first election under the new guidelines was held in 2014 where Mark Aveni, Sheryll Bass and Ken Elston were elected to the city council. This year, not only is there an election for president, but also House of Representative(10th CD), Manassas City council, school board and city treasurer. Voters will have to wade through a lot of info about candidates in order to make informed choices. Everyone should know who is running for president(Clinton/Trump) and HR(Bennett/Comstock) so let’s look at the local race.
For City Council:
Teresa Coates Ellis(R)
Ian Lovejoy(R) incumbent
Jonathan Way (R) incumbent
Rex Parr(D)
Pam Sabesky(D)
Mark Wolfe(D) incumbent
Michael Youlen(I)
For School Board
Scott Albrecht incumbent
Kristen Kiefer incumbent
Suzanne Seaberg incumbent
Peter O’Hanlon
Robyn Williams
Kim M. Jenkins Bailey
For City Treasurer
Patricia Richie Folks(D)
Russell Harrison(R)
