Virginia General Election 2017 Voters Guide
November 7, 2017
(In summary)
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What Fairfax County is doing:
Economy
- Unemployment has decreased by .02% since July 2016
- Consumer confidence index is up, index stands at 122
- Number of homes sold decreased 6.5% since Aug 2017
- Average sale price of all homes sold increased 2.9% compared to Aug 2016
- Number of active listings of homes for sale decreased 9.5% compared to Aug 2016
- Average days on the market since Aug 2017 is 42 days, 7 days fewer in August 2016
- Total federal procurement spending in Fairfax County increased 4.8% in 2016
Education
- 187,510 Enrollment
- 96% Attendance Rate
(95% Statewide)
- 84% Reading Proficiency
(80% Statewide)
- 83% Math Proficiency
(79% Statewide)
- 85% Science Proficiency
(82% Statewide)
- 90% Social Studies Proficiency
(86% Statewide)
Healthcare
- 89.5% Adults w/Health Insurance (87%)
- 95.5% Children w/Health Insurance (94.4%)
- 2013 – 2015: 6.3 deaths/100,000 population
- 2012 – 2014: 5.6 deaths/100,000 population
Transportation
- 2011 – 2015: 32 minutes
- 2010 – 2014: 32.1 minutes
- 2011 – 2015: 71.7%
- 2010 – 2014: 72.1%
- 2011 – 2015: 9.8%
- 2010 – 2014: 9.5%
Pubic Safety
- Larceny: 13,034 – 2.6% decrease
- Assault: 6,669 – 2.6% increase
- Narcotic Offenses: 5,718 – 21.4% increase
- Vandalism: 5,003 – .48% decrease
- Fraud: 4,466 – 10.8% increase
- Larceny: 30.6% (29.6%)
- Assault: 54.7% (58%)
- Narcotics: 82% (80%)
- Vandalism: 14.5% (14.1%)
- Fraud: 10.8% (13.1%)
- Bribery: 100% (100%)
- Embezzlement: 76.9% (79.7%)
- Homocide: 50% (84.6%)
- Kidnapping: 75.4% (85.3)
- Prostitution: 96.9% (97.1%)
- Sex Offenses (Non-forcible): 100% (66.6%)
- Stolen Property: 88.1% (84.5%)
Virginia General Election 2017 Candidates
Virginia General Election 2017 Candidates for Governor
Ralph Northam (D)
- Lt. Governor (2014 – Current)
- Virginia State Senator – 6th District (2008 – 2014)
- Military Service: Army Major (1984 – 1992)
- Pediatric Neurologist
- Expanding access to apprenticeships and training
- Decriminalization of marijuana
- Advocate for commonsense gun safety laws
- Opposes Offshore Drilling
- Expanding access to long acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs)
- As lt. governor established: Virginia Values Veterans program
- As lt. governor cast tie-breaking vote blocking legislation allowing carry concealed w/o permits
- As a state senator authored the smoking ban in restaurants
- As a state senator eliminated mandatory trans-abdominal ultrasound prior to an abortion
Edward Gillespie (R)
- Counselor to the president (2007 – 2009)
- Chair of the Republican Party of Virginia (2006 – 2007)
- Chair of the Republican National Committee (2003 – 2005)
- Senior Advisor to Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign (2012)
- Cut individual income tax rates by 10% across the board
- Ban lobbyist from lobbying boards and commissions/agencies on which they serve/oversee
- Address sea-level rise and fight for affordable flood insurance for costal communities
- Ending the practice of suspending driver’s license due to inability to pay through Loupassi-Stanley bill
- Restoration of Rights for convicted felons: run for public office, jury duty, and vote
- Grow the Port of Virginia, deepening it to 55ft and widening
- Abortion – Pro-life
- Confederate Monuments – Opposes Removal
- Environment – Accepts Climate Change
- Healthcare – Opposes Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
- Immigration – Opposes tuition discounts/driver’s licenses for unlawful immigrants
- LBGT Rights – Opposes same sex marriage
Cliff Hyra (L)
- Patent Attorney
- Intellectual Property Attorney
- Served George Mason University Law Review
- Virginia Tech American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Ending state occupational licensing requirements: cosmetologist, interior décor, nail techs
- Privatizing the Virginia ABC, allow brewers/distillers to sell in non-VABC stores
- Exempt 60k/30k (family/individual) income from state tax, income above that flat 5.75%
- Legalize marijuana, to supplement income tax plan
- Ending the practice of suspending driver’s license due to inability to pay
- Restoration of voting rights automatic after all sentences and probation are served
- Abortion – Pro-choice
- Confederate monument – local government decide
- Environment – Opposes the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- Healthcare – Allow out of state purchase for health insurance
- Immigration – Opposes tuition discounts/allowed obtain driver’s license
- LBGT Rights – Supports same sex marriage
Virginia General Election 2017 Candidates for Lt. Governor
Justin E. Fairfax (D)
- Attorney/Litigator
- Assistant United State Attorney
- U.S. Attorney – Deputy of Major Crimes & Narcotics
- Columbia Law School
- Increase minimum wage
- Implementing a state based loan restructure program for student debt
- Expansion of Medicaid
- Requiring universal background checks for firearms
- Using money raised through the Clean Power Plan to develop clean energy tech
- Ensure women have the freedom to make their own reproductive/health decisions
- Abortion – Pro-choice
- Confederate monument – For removal, local government decide
- Environment – Accepts climate change
- Healthcare – For American Care Act (Obamacare)/Medicaid expansion
- Immigration – For Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
- LBGT Rights – Supports same sex marriage
Jill H. Vogel (R)
- Virginia State Senator 27th District (2008 – Current)
- State Senate – Caucus Whip (2011 – Current)
- Chief Counsel of the Republican National Committee (2004 – 2005)
- Attorney – Campaign Finance
- Virginia #1 for business, reducing regulations and tax burdens
- Prohibit candidates from using campaign funds on personal expenditures
- Allow state law enforcement to initiate deportation proceedings
- Protecting restauranteurs from meal taxes
- State expenditures posted online with increase transparency
- Expanding the cultivation of industrial hemp
- Abortion – Pro-life
- Confederate monument – Opposes removal
- Environment – Accepts climate change
- Healthcare – Opposes Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
- Immigration – Oppose tuition discounts/enforce current immigration laws
- LBGT Rights – Supports same sex marriage
Virginia General Election 2017 Candidates for Attorney General
Mark R. Herring (D)
- Attorney General of Virginia – 47th (2014 – Current)
- Virginia State Senate 33rd District (2006 – 2014)
- Loudoun County Board of Supervisors (2000 – 2003)
- Town Attorney for Lovettsville, VA (1992 – 1999)
- Combating the heroin and opioid epidemic
- Reducing gun violence, reinstating of “one handgun a month” law
- Upholding the Clean Power Plan
- Updating the definition of “hate crime” to include LGBT Virginians
- Eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits
- Prosecuted cases involving 375lbs of heroin & fentanyl (est. $17 million in value)
- Worked more than 250 cases against child predators
- Implemented the Lethality Assessment Program to prevent domestic violence homicides by gun
- Opined: Virginia Air Pollution Control Board ability to regulate carbon dioxide and fracking
- Opined: 20 week abortion ban would likely struck down as unconstitutional
- Successfully argued Virginia’s ban on same sex marriage is unconstitutional
John Adams (R)
- Attorney
- Assistant United States Attorney
- Clerkship for the United States Supreme Court
- Military Service: United States Naval Officer
- Oppose federal government power plant regulations and the idea of mandatory union fees
- Implement a ‘3 element’ strategy tackling drug abuse by prevention and teaching, treatment, and enforcement
- Defend Virginia’s constitution and religious liberties
- Protecting the financial resources from those who illegally profit from Virginia’s taxpayers
- Protecting consumer and cracking down on fraudsters, spoofers, and telephone scammers
- Abortion – Pro-life
- Confederate monument – Opposes removal based on Statue 15.2-1812
- Environment – n/a
- Healthcare – Opposes Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
- Immigration – Opposes any discrimination based on religious beliefs and will fight for all Virginians
- LBGT Rights – Opposes same sex marriage
Virginia General Election 2017 Candidates for House of Delegates District 86
Jennifer Boysko (D)
- State Delegate – 86th District (2016 – Current)
- Counties, Cities and Towns Committee Member (Current)
- Privileges and Election Committee Member (Current)
- Organizer
- Prioritizing the promotion of using busses, bikes, and metro for efficient transportation
- Expanding Medicaid services
- Provisions of contraception, legal and safe abortions
- Ensuring path of citizenship for undocumented immigrants through military or higher education
Total # of bills passed as Chief and/or Co-Chief Patron: 38
- HB 106 Town of Herndon; Charter, amends the town’s boundary description to reflect a recent boundary line adjustment
Linda Schulz (R)
- Bachelor’s in Finance – University of Michigan
- Market Research – automotive sector
- Expand high school curriculum to include technical education career paths
- Reducing the tax burden on businesses
- Ensure the metro is safe and supports transportation needs
- Address the opioid crisis and human trafficking
- Abortion – For hospital construction standards for abortion clinics
- Confederate monument – Opposes local governments authority to remove
- Environment – n/a
- Healthcare – Opposes Medicaid expansion
- Immigration – n/a
- LBGT Rights – n/a
Virginia General Election 2017 Referendums and Initiatives
Referendum 059 – Public School Bonds
Shall Fairfax County, Virginia, contract a debt, borrow money, and issue capital improvement bonds in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $315,000,000 for the purposes of providing funds, in addition to funds from school bonds previously authorized, to finance, including reimbursement to the County for temporary financing for, the costs of school improvements, including acquiring, building, expanding, and renovating properties, including new sites, new buildings or additions, renovations and improvements to existing buildings, and furnishings and equipment, for the Fairfax County public school system?
Referendum 059
Public School Bonds – $315,000,000
Municipal debt issuance or bonds allows Fairfax County long-term borrowing that spreads the cost of major capital improvements over the years facilities are used. Municipal bonds are generally used to finance public projects such as roads, schools, and infrastructure related repairs.
Bond F.Y.I’s
- Bond cost: $2,500,000
- Fairfax County has a Triple A credit rating
- About 9% of Fairfax County taxes goes towards paying for bonds past 20 years.
- 40% or $1.61 billion is scheduled to be paid off in the next five years
Fairfax County Public Schools’ current plans to use this bond:
Relocate one modular Building
Construct 2 new elementary schools in:
- Fairfax/Oakton area
- Northwest County area
Additions to 3 existing high schools to add capacity:
- Madison High School
- Stuart High School
- West Potomac High School
Construction/Planning renovations of 10 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 2 high schools:
Mount Vernon Woods – Belle View – Annadale Terrace
Clearview – Silverbrook – Hybla Valley – Washington Mill
Braddock – Fox Mill – Oak Hill
Rocky Run M.S. – Hughes M.S. – Frost M.S.
Oakton H.S. – Falls Church H.S.
Virginia General Election 2017 - Fairfax County Quality Profile
Here we provide a sample of regional statistics that correlate directly with offices up for election.
.02%
decrease in unemployment
(July 2016)
$553,200
median property value
1.5% growth
5.9%
poverty rate
national average 14%
$115,717
median household income
2.2% growth