Rep. Don Beyer (D-8) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) declared victories in their reelection bids during an election night event in Alexandria Tuesday night.
As polls closed at 7 p.m., the Associated Press called the race for Warner over Republican challenger Bert Mizusawa.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) put a final stamp on his political career Monday night, as the three-term senator and former governor held his last campaign rally in Alexandria.
Flanked by Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins and Northern Virginia Reps. James Walkinshaw (D-11) and Don Beyer (D-8), Warner heavily criticized President Donald Trump’s administration and congressional Republicans, and called on voters to restore moral leadership to the country.
Alexandria voters will head to the polls Tuesday (Nov. 3) to cast ballots for congressional races and three Virginia constitutional amendments.
Polling places will be open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. To cast a ballot on Election Day, voters must go to their assigned polling place, which can be found online. An accepted form of ID is required to vote, although voters without ID can sign an ID confirmation statement to cast a provisional ballot.
A second early voting location is open in Alexandria for the Nov. 3 election, which will decide congressional midterm elections and Virginia constitutional amendments.
Charles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library (5005 Duke Street) opened for early voting Sunday (Oct. 18), supplementing the ongoing location at the Office of Voter Registration and Elections. Voter ID is required to vote in person, or voters can sign an ID statement affirming their identity. The deadline for early voting will be 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31.
Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) heavily criticized President Donald Trump on Thursday night in Alexandria and said that his administration’s attempts to upend voter registrations across the country won’t work in Virginia.
Spanberger was the keynote speaker at the Alexandria branch of the NAACP’s annual Freedom Fund Dinner, held at The Satire, Autograph Collection hotel in Old Town North. Spanberger, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) and Mayor Alyia Gaskins (D) all received “breaking barriers” awards from the organization.
Rep. Don Beyer’s three challengers in the 8th District want less — or no — federal involvement in public education.
“The government should stay out of it. I don’t think it’s their business,” said Shelly Arnoldi, the Libertarian candidate, in a Sept. 28 forum presented by a coalition of local League of Women Voters organizations.
Organizations and residents opposed to planned data center development just outside city limits are leading a march starting in Alexandria’s West End.
At 12 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, the march will run from Aslin Beer Company (950 S. Pickett Street) to the Plaza 500 center (6295 Edsall Road in Lincolnia) where data centers and a proposed substation are planned.
Early voting for the Nov. 3 general election in Alexandria will kick off Friday (Sept. 18) at the Office of Voter Registration and Elections.
The general election ballot will include races for Sen. Mark Warner’s (D-Va.) U.S. Senate seat and Rep. Don Beyer (D-8)’s 8th Congressional District seat. Three constitutional amendments — regarding reproductive rights, same-sex marriage and voting rights for former felons — are also on the ballot.
Alexandria’s Rep. Don Beyer handily won his party’s nomination Tuesday night to run for his seventh term representing Virginia’s 8th Congressional District, and retired Army Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa won the Republican nomination to run against U.S. Sen. Mark Warner in the Nov. 3 general election.
Rep. Don Beyer has earned the Democratic nomination for the 8th Congressional District in Tuesday’s primary election.
The congressman, who is seeking his seventh term, defeated four challengers — former Alexandria City Council Member Mo Seifeldein, fired State Department worker Michael Duffin, veteran and former CIA officer Adam Dunigan and military family advocate Lorena Bruner. The Associated Press called the race at 7:34 p.m. after polls closed.
With just hours left until polls close, participation in the Democratic primary for Virginia’s 8th Congressional district is far outpacing turnout in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
As of 4 p.m., 10,772 ballots were cast citywide in the five-candidate Democratic primary, about 10.7% of the city’s 99,811 registered voters, according to figures released by the city’s general registrar. The numbers include 6,346 early and mail-in ballots, leaving the total number of in-person votes cast at just 4,426.
