James Patrick Moran Jr. is an American politician who served as the mayor of Alexandria,Virginia,from 1985 until 1990,and as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district,including the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria,all of Arlington County,and a portion of Fairfax County) from 1991 until 2015.
Frank Rudolph Wolf is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 10th congressional district from 1981 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he announced in December 2013 that he would not run for reelection in 2014. Wolf retired at the conclusion of his 17th term in office,in January 2015. At the time of his retirement,he was the dean of the state's congressional delegation,having served for 34 consecutive years.
The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) is an organization affiliated with the Republican Party which advocates for equal rights for LGBT+ Americans,by educating the LGBT+ community and Republicans about each other.
Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. is an American businessman,diplomat,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,his district is in the heart of Northern Virginia and includes Alexandria,Falls Church,and Arlington.
Katherine Keith "Kate" Hanley is an American Democratic politician in Virginia. She currently serves as Secretary of the Fairfax County Electoral Board. She previously served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2006 to 2010,Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors from 1995 to 2003,as a County Supervisor for the Providence District from 1986 to 1995,and on the Fairfax County School Board from 1984 to 1986.
Brian Joseph Moran is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as Virginia Secretary of Public Safety from 2014 to 2022,and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1996 until 2008,representing Northern Virginia's 46th district.
Adam Paul Ebbin is an American politician who is the senator from the 39th District of the Virginia Senate since January 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented the 39th Senate District from 2012 to 2024 and served in the Virginia House of Delegates from the 49th District from 2004 to 2012.
Mark Rankin Herring is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat,he previously served in the Senate of Virginia since a 2006 special election,representing the 33rd district,made up of parts of Fairfax and Loudoun counties. In 2021,Herring lost re-election for a third term to Republican challenger Jason Miyares.
Mark H. Levine is an American politician and attorney who served as the Delegate from the 45th District of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2016 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he simultaneously ran for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the 2021 election and for reelection as a Delegate on June 8,2021,but lost in the Democratic primaries to Hala Ayala and Elizabeth Bennett-Parker,respectively.
The following offices were up for election in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia in the November 2009 general election:
The Pike Transit Initiative is a collaborative project in Northern Virginia between Arlington and Fairfax counties and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to bring transit improvements to the Columbia Pike corridor. Officially known as the Columbia Pike Transit Alternatives Analysis,the project began in 2003. Following three successive defeats of county board candidates who supported the streetcar proposal in 2014,the project was shelved indefinitely.
Charniele LeRhonda Herring is an American politician. She has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2009,representing the 4th district,made up of portions of the city of Alexandria and Fairfax County,near Washington,D.C. She is the current Majority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Matthew B. Berry is an American Republican Party politician and attorney. He challenged Patrick Murray in the 2010 Republican primary election in Virginia's 8th congressional district,a Congressional seat in Northern Virginia then held by 10-term Democratic incumbent Jim Moran. He was defeated narrowly by Murray in a June 8 primary. He is now serving as the General Counsel to the House of Representatives.
Virginia's 8th congressional district election,2010 was an election held to determine who would represent Virginia's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives during the 112th Congress. The seat contested is located in Northern Virginia,and includes part of Fairfax County,the city of Alexandria,and all of Arlington County. Since 1990,the 8th district had been represented by 10-term Democratic incumbent Jim Moran.
Mary Margaret Whipple is a former Democratic member of the Senate of Virginia,representing the 31st district from 1996 - 2012.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the 11 members from the state of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives,one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. On the same day,elections took place for other federal and state offices,including an election to the United States Senate. Primary elections,in which party nominees were chosen,were held on June 10,2014.
Libby Garvey is a municipal politician in Virginia,currently serving as a member of the Arlington County Board. She has previously served as the board's chair.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (UUCA),historically known as the Unitarian Church of Arlington,is a Unitarian Universalist church located at 4444 Arlington Boulevard in Arlington County,Virginia. Founded in 1948,UUCA was the first Unitarian church in Washington,D.C.'s suburbs. Throughout its history,UUCA has taken part in progressive causes from the Civil Rights Movement to the legalization of same-sex marriage in Virginia. During the Civil Rights Movement,UUCA was the only Virginia church to speak out in favor of racial integration. UUCA's sanctuary building,designed by local architect Charles M. Goodman in 1964,is a concrete Brutalist structure that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Virginia Landmarks Register in 2014. It is one of only three church buildings designed by Goodman and the only one in Virginia.
Ellen M. Bozman was an American community activist and politician in Arlington County,Virginia for nearly four decades. She became involved in politics in the early 1960s,first as an independent and later as a Democrat,and was president of the Arlington League of Women Voters from 1963 to 1965. She served six terms on the county board from 1973 to 1997,including six years as Chair and five years as vice-chair. After her retirement from the board,she remained active in community issues such as affordable housing,health care,and education.
