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Thank you to our sponsors at our annual BBQ on October 3!

Host:
Senator Creigh Deeds

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James Andrews
Richard Brewer
Larry DeNeveu
Julie & Ned Gallaway
David Toscano

 Supporters
Ellen & Bob Beard
Beth and Tim Hickey
Delegate Sally Hudson
Ben Moses
Bruce & James B. Murray, Jr.
Lucia Phinney & Robin Dripps

Friends
Katherine Acuff
Susan Bender
Brie Breland
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Kathe & Lou Falzer
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Anne Geraty
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Graham Paige
John Parcells
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Kerin Yates

2021 Elections Information

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Upcoming November 2, 2021 General Election

Offices on ballot: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, House of Delegates, and local offices.

First day on in-person early voting at local voter registration office: Friday, September 17, 2021.

Deadline to register to vote, or update an existing registration: Tuesday, October 12, 2021.

Deadline to apply for a ballot to be mailed to you: Friday, October 22, 2021. Request must be received by local voter registration office by 5pm.

Voter registration offices open Saturday, October 23, 2021 and October 30, 2021 for early voting.

Last day of in-person early voting at local voter registration office: Saturday, October 30, 2021, at 5pm.

Register to vote or apply for a ballot online using the Citizen Portal.

General Election Statewide Democrat Candidates:
House of Delegates:
Local Candidates:
  • Member Board of Supervisors – Jack Jouett District: Diantha H. Mckeel
  • Member Board of Supervisors – Rio District: Ned L. Gallaway
  • Member Board of Supervisors – Samuel Miller District: Jim H. Andrews
  • Member School Board – Jack Jouett District: Kate L. Acuff
  • Member School Board – Rio District: Katrina E. Callsen
  • Member School Board – Samuel Miller District: Graham T. Paige

Winners of the Virginia Democratic Primary

Governor: Terry McAuliffe (303,546 votes, 62.2%)
Lieutenant Governor: Hala Ayala (178,276 votes, 39.1%)
Attorney General: Mark Herring (271,187 votes, 56.6%)
House of Delegates:
  • 25th District: Jennifer Kitchen
  • 57th District: Delegate Sally Hudson
  • 59th District: Dr. Ben Moses
Every year in Virginia is an election year! Here is what’s coming up in 2021.
  • Statewide elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General
  • All 100 seats of the House of Delegate are up for election – including the 25th, 57th, 58th, and 59th districts that include parts of Albemarle County.
  • The Rio, Samuel Miller, and Jack Jouett District seats on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors.
  • The Rio, Samuel Miller, and Jack Jouett District seats on the Albemarle County School Board.
On Tuesday, June 8, there will be a primary to choose our Democratic nominees for the statewide offices, House of Delegates and Board of Supervisors.

Candidates interested in seeking those seats will need to file by Thursday, March 25th, at 5:00 p.m. Contact chair@albemarledems.org to arrange filing.

School Board elections are nonpartisan – meaning all candidates run as Independents. Candidates interested in seeking those seats must file by Tuesday, June 8.

Candidates can find out more information about the requirements to file by downloading the candidate bulletins from the State Board of Elections:
Current announced (but not filed) Democratic candidates include:
Governor:
Lt. Governor:
Attorney General:
House of Delegates*:

*Latest reports indicate Census delays will delay redistricting this year, and we are assuming that this year’s elections will be in the current district boundaries.

Board of Supervisors:
  • Rio District: Woodbrook, Dunlora, Agnor-Hurt, Branchlands, and Northside precincts
    • Supervisor Ned Gallaway
  • Samuel Miller District: Ivy, Red Hill, Easy Ivy Porters, Country Green, Yellow Mountain precincts
  • Jack Jouett District: Jack Jouett, University, and Georgetown precincts
School Board:
  • Rio District: Woodbrook, Dunlora, Agnor-Hurt, Branchlands, and Northside precincts
    • School Board Member Katrina Callsen
  • Samuel Miller District: Samuel Miller District: Ivy, Red Hill, Easy Ivy Porters, Country Green, Yellow Mountain precincts
    • School Board Member Graham Paige
  • Jack Jouett District: Jack Jouett, University, and Georgetown precincts
    • School Board Member Kate Acuff

Updates on the redistricting commission!

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Virginia’s nonpartisan redistricting commission is moving quickly. They’ve already gotten and posted proposed maps for House of Delegates and State Senate districts from both Republican and Democratic consultants, which you can see courtesy of the ever-commendable Virginia Public Access Project. Maps for national Congressional districts are coming soon.

Here’s a quick rundown on how those maps shake out thus far:

  • The maps we’ve had since 2011 slice Albemarle into four chunks.
  • The Republican consultant wants to carve Albemarle up into three House of Delegates districts: one solidly Dem, one solidly GOP, and one theoretically competitive. This plan certainly seems to violate the Commission’s guidelines for redistricting, which include keeping communities and political subdivisions together.
  • The Democratic consultant wants to divide Albemarle into two districts, one solidly Democratic, and one narrowly Democratic (and likely competitive). This proposal does a much better job of giving Albemarle fair representation in the House of Delegates.
  • Both consultants propose a solidly Democratic state Senate district that incorporates Albemarle, though each suggests different boundaries.
We’ll have more info on the new maps next week. For now, check out the new maps at VPAP, learn more about those maps via the “Plan Lookup” section on VPAP’s site, and send the Commission public comments on the plans. (Something seems a bit funky with the Commission’s website when we test that last link, but hopefully, it’ll be fixed by the time this reaches your inbox.)

And buckle up, ’cause things are gonna move fast: The commission has to send maps to the General Assembly by Oct. 10.