Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee

The four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for House of Delegates District 13 in the June 13th primary have been invited to a candidates’ debate on Friday, June 2, from 7 to 9 pm, at Bull Run Swim and Racquet Club, 8101 Seymour Road, Manassas VA 20109. The four candidates are Andrew Adams, Steven Jansen, Mansimran Singh Kahlon, and Danica Roem. To submit a question for the panel of candidates…

HOUSE OF DELEGATES CANDIDATES FORUM Hosted by Indivisible NoVA West Sunday, April 30, 2017, 12:30 pm – 4:30 PM Haymarket-Gainesville Community Library, 14870 Lightner Road, Haymarket VA 20169 Learn about nine Democratic candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates, hear their ideas, and ask them questions on issues that matter to you. The nine candidates are: HD 13- Jansen, Kahlon, Roem HD 31- Guzman, Townsend HD 50- Carter HD 51-…

Post Veto-Session Legislative Town Hall Meeting with Senator Jeremy McPike and Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam Thursday, April 6, 2017 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM George Mason University Science and Technology Campus Verizon Auditorium in Colgan Hall, 10900 University Blvd, Manassas VA 20110 Please park in the Occoquan Parking Lot WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK Please join Senator McPike and Lieutenant Governor Northam to discuss legislative and policy matters that affect the…

Please join Danica Roem, a candidate for the 13th District of the Virginia House of Delegates, for a volunteer canvassing event in Manassas Park on Saturday, February 18 from 12-4 p.m.  We’ll be knocking on doors, talking to registered voters and collecting petition signatures to help Danica qualify for the ballot. We’re meeting at the Community Meeting Room at the Central Community Library, 8601 Mathis Avenue, Manassas VA 20110 at noon, discussing the event at 12:15…

On Monday, January 30, Delegate Jackson Miller (R, HD-50, Manassas)–one of seven members of the Constitutional Subcommittee of the House Privileges and Elections Committee–voted to kill each of six bills proposing constitutional amendments to require non-partisan Virginia redistricting, starting in 2021, the year after the next U.S. Census. The proposed constitutional amendments could have only become effective if the same legislation were passed by both houses of the Virginia General…

  In November 2017, Virginians will elect a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and all 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates.  Two of those 100 House of Delegate districts include the Cities of Manassas (HD-50) or Manassas Park (HD-13).  In addition, the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park will each elect a Treasurer and a Commissioner of the Revenue, local officers whose election is specified in the Virginia…

The following is an GayRVA.com article from January 19th. Thank goodness there are delegates with some common sense for killing discriminatory policies: Two bills aiming to limit transgender people in the Commonwealth failed a House subcommittee hearing today. The two bills, authored by Manassas Republican Delegate Bob Marshall, had made headlines in the wake of similar bills causing economic and social fallout for North Carolina. First up was HB 1612, also known as…

Update:  The results of the January 10, 2017 special elections are posted here.  Delegate Jennifer McClellan (D) was elected to the Virginia Senate (SD-9) with 91% of the votes cast , but Republicans won the SD-22 and HD-85 races with 54% and 53% vote shares, respectively.   Unfortunately, special elections have low voter turnout; when the voters turn out, Democrats win. *  *  * Because three members of the Virginia General…

Note: In the interest of traffic safety, the phone bank that had been scheduled for January 5 has been cancelled. The Prince William County Democratic Committee is organizing two phone banks to get out the vote for Ryant Washington, the Democratic candidate in a January 10 special election to fill a vacant seat in the Senate of Virginia (Senate District 22).  The phone banks will be held at the Prince…

Prince William County 2017 General Assembly Public Hearing The Prince William County Delegation to the General Assembly is holding a joint pre-2017 General Assembly Session public hearing for local residents to relate their concerns.  All Prince William County, Manassas City, and Manassas Park residents and organizations are invited to attend and speak. Prince William County 2017 General Assembly Public Hearing Saturday, January 7, 2017 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. James…