While the presidential primaries are now a done deal, races for Arlington Democratic nods are just getting started. A full slate of candidates are vying for seats on the Arlington School Board and Arlington County Board. Five Democratic contenders are jockeying for the place of outgoing County Board Chair Libby Garvey and another four are
Election Day got off to a busier-than-expected start this morning. As of this morning, some 9,200 voters turned out to vote today, according to the Arlington County's Dept. of Elections. "So far, the pace today has been slightly busier than June," observed Tania Griffin, the communications director for the elections department. This year is an
Just under 10% of voters have cast ballots in today's Democratic primary as of 9 a.m. That includes 7% who voted early or by mail and 2% voting at the polls Tuesday morning, according to Arlington County election officials. Today's primary, for the first time in Arlington, features the use of ranked choice voting, for
(Updated at 10:25 p.m.) The top prosecutor in Arlington and Falls Church has lost her bid for re-election. In the most closely watched local race in today's Democratic primary, incumbent Commonwealth's Attorney Theo Stamos has been defeated by challenger Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, who ran a campaign centered on criminal justice reform. Tafti has 52% of the vote