Meet Jack Kiraly, the new Executive Director of Fairfax County Democratic Committee. As FCDC’s only paid employee, Jack is in charge of making the complex machinery of this large (900+ members) volunteer organization run smoothly. With elections every year, FCDC…
By Brad Swanson: More than 70 high school students helped orient voters and sign up volunteers in Mt. Vernon District during the Super Tuesday Democratic presidential primary on Mar. 3, in which Fairfax County turnout surged. (Blue View story on…
By Susan Laume: Fairfax County voters turned out in large numbers for Super Tuesday’s Democratic primary vote, and decisively supported Joe Biden. Biden won 49% of the almost 250,000 votes cast, followed by Bernie Sanders with 23%. Elizabeth Warren and…
Editor’s Note: Another in our series of personal statements of support from readers for Democratic presidential candidates. While she is far behind in the polls, Tulsi Gabbard has not suspended her campaign and will appear on the ballot in the…
By Susan Laume: With Super Tuesday’s critical primary vote looming, Bernie Sanders drew an overflow audience in Springfield on Saturday, Feb. 29, as he called for a “political revolution” to create “a government of love and compassion, not greed and…
By Marcus Motta: The Fairfax County Democrats have a secret weapon against Donald Trump and the Republicans in November. No, it’s not Cambridge Analytica, Vladimir Putin, voter suppression or the Koch organization. It’s Emma Salas and the George Mason University…
By Todd Thurwachter: Want more volunteers? A Democratic Primary is the best place to find and engage dedicated Democrats, but asking Democratic voters at the polls to help organize or volunteer doesn’t get many signups. Why? Even dedicated Democrats won’t…
Editor’s Note: Another in our series of personal statements of support from readers for Democratic presidential candidates. By Jane Miscavage: For the first time in my life a presidential candidate motivated me to jump in early and give all I’ve got…
Editor’s Note: Another in our series of personal statements of support from readers for Democratic presidential candidates By Mike Sandler: The media and the top 1% wish Sen. Bernie Sanders would just go away. He doesn’t seem to follow the…
By Mary Paden: Mike Bloomberg came in first, followed by Amy Klobuchar and then Pete Buttigieg at a straw poll conducted by the Mt. Vernon District Democratic Committee on Sunday, Feb. 16. The straw poll was taken at the committee’s…
Ed. Note: Another in our series of personal statements of support from readers for Democratic presidential candidates By Susan Reidinger: Last March, I was tooling around Youtube when I somehow landed on a video of a guy on a CNN…
Democratic volunteers signed up more than 30 Asian-Americans to receive Election Alerts at the recent India Republic Day celebration at McLean High School, attended by Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) as guest of honor. Election Alerts are emails from Fairfax County…
By Brad Swanson: Sen. Elizabeth Warren pumped up a large crowd in the gymnasium of Wakefield High School in Arlington on Feb. 13 with an energetic delivery of her stump speech excoriating the role of big money in government and…
Ed. Note: Another in our series of personal statements of support for Democratic presidential candidates. Incidentally, Sen. Warren will appear in Arlington on Thu., Feb. 13. Click here for event details By William Berkson: Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m a…