(Updated at 9:30 p.m.) What many believed would be the most competitive Arlington County Board race in four years has turned out to be another convincing Democratic victory. The three-way race between incumbent Democrat Matt de Ferranti and independents Audrey Clement and Adam Theo is, at least to some degree, a referendum on
(Updated at 4:10 p.m.) Arlington's Missing Middle housing proposal has aroused plenty of passion, but the strong opposition (and support) only registered a blip in last night's election results. Democrat incumbent Matt de Ferranti easily won his re-election bid for the Arlington County Board, with 61% of the vote to 28% for
Election Day is here, and thousands of residents are hitting the polls manned by 426 volunteers to cast their ballots in the 2022 mid-term election. By 9 a.m., about 10% of Arlington voted in-person, according to the county elections office, in addition to the 13% of people who voted
As Vice-President of the Ballston-Virginia Square Civic Association, a voting delegate to the Arlington County Civic Federation, and co-founder of the grassroots housing advocacy group YIMBYs of Northern Virginia, my heart is in Arlington's future prosperity and security.
The race for the county’s only board seat pits proponents of ‘missing middle housing and higher density against residents concerned about outsized growth.