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thisfinecrewThere was a special election today for Fairfax County School Board in Virginia, and it was awesome!
This seat was only open because a local Republican member retired -- and if she'd waited ten days to turn in her resignation, this election would've been in November, with Virginia's regular election. Instead, she retired early in the hopes that a special election would depress Democratic turnout and keep the seat conservative.
But we ran an amazing candidate, brought turnout *up* from projections, and won 64% of the vote!
GO TEAM BLUE!!
(read more at DailyKos)
This seat was only open because a local Republican member retired -- and if she'd waited ten days to turn in her resignation, this election would've been in November, with Virginia's regular election. Instead, she retired early in the hopes that a special election would depress Democratic turnout and keep the seat conservative.
But we ran an amazing candidate, brought turnout *up* from projections, and won 64% of the vote!
GO TEAM BLUE!!
(read more at DailyKos)
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Date: 2017-08-30 11:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-08-30 03:28 pm (UTC)That is amazing.
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Date: 2017-08-30 06:45 pm (UTC)My son just started kindergarten in a Fairfax County school, and my daughter will follow in three years. The schools are good but are facing a serious budget shortfall, so it's important we have a solid school board to make what will surely be some difficult decisions in the coming years.