It was the primary in Alexandria and the incumbents running in the City Council race managed to secure the Democratic nomination for City Council.
Incumbents John Chapman, Sarah Bagley, Kirk McPike and Canek Aguirre kept their nominations and were joined by School Board members Abdel Elnoubi and Jacinta Greene.
The Democrat winners will face Republican Celianna Gunderson and Independent candidates Mason Butler and Roy Byrd.
The two openings on the Council came from Council member Alyia Gaskins and Vice Mayor Amy Jackson. Gaskins secured the Democratic nomination for Mayor with 60% of the vote over Jackson and real estate developer Steven Peterson.
The most-read stories this week were:
- Notes: Haute Dogs unlikely to reopen in Old Town North (9629 views)
- Nine new townhomes and four semi-detached dwellings proposed in Old Town Historic District (6301 views)
- City Council member pushes back against homophobic response to Old Town rainbow crosswalks (5715 views)
- BREAKING: Alyia Gaskins wins Alexandria’s mayoral Democratic primary (5065 views)
- BREAKING: Incumbents prevail in Democratic City Council primary (3943 views)
- Low turnout so far in Alexandria’s mayoral and City Council primary races (3735 views)
- Notes: Bank relocating within Old Town to prime King Street location (3347 views)
- ‘Happy Place’ novelty gift shop in Old Town expands into neighboring space (2534 views)
