Our 2024 Election Results: A Local Blue Sweep Despite a National Red Wave
The outcome of the 2024 general election was a bizarre mixed bag for Manassas and Manassas Park Democrats.
Voter majorities in both cities supported Vice President Kamala Harris for President and Wisconsin Governor Tim Walz for Vice President (56.2% in Manassas, 58.5% in Manassas Park); helped re-elect Tim Kaine to a third U.S. Senate term (59.2% in Manassas, 63.4% in Manassas Park); and elevated State Senator Suhas Subramanyan to the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s 10th Congressional District (55.5% in Manassas, 59.4% in Manassas Park).
At the same time, every one of our 11 municipal candidates (pictured above) for mayor, city council, or school board in our two cities was elected to public office!
In Manassas, Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger (D) was re-elected as mayor with 57.2% of the votes cast versus 42.4% for her GOP opponent Xiao-Yin “Tang” Byrom.
Our three nominees for Manassas City Council received the three highest vote totals for the three available Council seats: 7,844 for Mark Wolfe, 7,590 for Ashley Hutson, and 6,639 for Tom Osina, while their three prominent GOP opponents–Robyn Williams, Lynn Forkell Greene, and Stephen Kent–trailed well behind. Tom’s margin over Robyn was 305 votes.
Similarly, our three endorsed candidates for the Manassas City School Board also received the three highest vote totals for the four available School Board seats: 7,099 for Suzanne Seaberg, 6,848 for Diana Brown, and 6,538 for Zella Jones. Zella’s margin over fourth-place Dayna Miles, the only GOP-supported candidate elected, was 92 votes, and Zella’s margin over the fifth-highest vote getter was 432 votes.
In Manassas Park, Alanna Mensing, who ran unopposed, received 83.9% of the votes for mayor, while Yesy Amaya, Darryl Moore, and Stacy Seiberling were the three highest vote getters for the three available seats on the City Council, defeating incumbent Laura Hampton (I), the only non-Democrat who was running for the Council. Stacy’s margin over Laura was 55 votes.
Statewide, Kamala Harris carried Virginia with 51.83% of the vote, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine was re-elected to a third term with 54.37% of the vote, and Virginia’s 11-member U.S. House of Representatives delegation retained it’s 6-5 Democratic majority. In Virginia’s 10th Congressional District, Democrat Suhas Subramanyan prevailed 52.09% to 47.54% over Mike Clancy, his GOP opponent.
Sadly, the nightmare-ish flip side of the 2024 elections was Donald Trump’s decisive return to power as our 47th U.S. president, enabled with a comfortable GOP majority in the U.S. Senate, a small GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, and our 6R-3D ultraconservative and hyper-partisan U.S. Supreme Court. The next four years promise to be far more bleak and regressive than Trump’s chaotic first presidential term, but we must strive to minimize the Trump Revolution’s long-term damage to our democracy, freedoms, society, and planet and join the national (and global) fight to build a better and more effective progressive Democratic resurgence.
For detailed local and Virginia election results (presently unofficial), visit the following links:
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VA-10 Democratic Committee Fundraising Reception, September 22

Join the VA-10 Democratic Committee’s fundraising reception with Suhas and Wexton, Sunday, September 22, 5-7 pm, at Old Bust Head Brewing Co. in Vint Hill. Refreshments and drinks are included in the ticket price. Buy tickets or donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/2024va10obh .
Read more...MMPCDC Poll Greeter Signups for Election Day, November 5, 2024
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Poll greeters–who simply hand out our Democratic sample ballots to voters arriving outside our polling places–are vital to the success of our down-ballot local candidates. Many arriving voters have little or no awareness of the local candidates on their official ballot, which also does not display the party affiliation of any local candidate. Democratic-leaning and independent voters often cast votes for down-ballot Democrats based solely on our sample ballots. As…
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MMPCDC Early Voting Poll Greeter Signups for the 2024 General Election
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Poll greeters–who simply hand out our Democratic sample ballots to voters arriving outside our polling places–are vital to the success of our down-ballot local candidates. Many arriving voters have little or no awareness of the local candidates on their official ballot, which also does not display the party affiliation of any local candidate. Democratic-leaning and independent voters often cast votes for down-ballot Democrats based solely on our sample ballots. As…
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Our 2024 Voter Outreach Booths
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The Manassas & Manassas Park Democrats will staff tables at major community events this spring, summer, and fall, to spread the word about our local Committee and Democratic candidates and to promote voter registration and early voting for the November 5th General Election. Look for our booth at the following events. Better yet, sign up for a volunteer shift at those events, to help us with this vital voter outreach….
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Chili Cook Off to Support Our 2024 Local Democratic Candidates, July 17, 6-7 PM
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Taste and judge chilis cooked by our local 2024 Democratic candidates while helping to fund their campaigns for elected office in Manassas or Manassas Park. Our chili cook off will be held at Social Soiree, 8270 Shoppers Square, Manassas, VA 20111 on Wednesday, July 17, from 6-7 pm, prior to the start of the monthly membership meeting of the Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee (MMPCDC). Everyone who is…
Read more...The Biden Administration’s Many Accomplishments and the Dire Threat of a Second Trump Presidency
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The Biden-Harris administration’s top 15 historic accomplishments. The Biden-Harris campaign’s key objectives for the next four years. The Biden-Harris campaign has also released this set of more detailed talking points: In addition, Democratic Party volunteers in Kalamazoo, Michigan have compiled a 13-page comprehensive list of the accomplishments of President Joe Biden’s first term. They are sharing their compilation widely to demonstrate that President Joe Biden is not the “lesser of…
Read more...MMPCDC Primary Watch Party & Potluck Social, June 18, 2024
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Please join us for a potluck social as we watch the results of the June 18, 2024 Democratic primary elections for Manassas City Council and Virginia’s 10th Congressional District. This two-hour event will run from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. All are welcome. Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Time: 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM Where: Social Soiree, 8270 Shoppers Square, Manassas, VA 20111 Please RSVP here. (In the comment section, please describe…
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MMPCDC Announces 5 Nominees & 5 Primary Candidates for the November 5, 2024 Local Elections
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In the aftermath of the April 4th candidate-filing deadline for Virginia’s June 18, 2024 primary elections, the Manassas and Manassas Park City Democratic Committee (MMPCDC) has certified 10 individuals for meeting all requirements to seek the Democratic nomination for a local office in the Cities of Manassas or Manassas Park. In each city, the office of mayor plus three city council seats will be on the November 5, 2024 General…
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Our April 20, 2024 Caucus is Cancelled
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CANCELLATION OF THE MANASSAS AND MANASSAS PARK CAUCUS TO ELECT DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES TO VIRGINIA’S 10th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTIONS The unassembled caucus that had been scheduled for Saturday, April 20, 2024 has been cancelled. Since the number of applicants for delegate and alternate was fewer than the total allocated to the Cities of Manassas and/or Manassas Park, there is no need for an election. The…
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