Democrats in Manassas Park, VA are doing their best to ensure high voter turnout in the upcoming state legislative elections. According to WRIC, the party is confident that they will gain control of the Virginia General Assembly. To make sure they are registered to vote, citizens are encouraged to visit www.vote.virginia.gov and check their electoral district number. Danica Roem, who is running in a district that includes Manassas and Manassas Park, as well as parts of Prince William County, is more hopeful than her opponent Mason.
She is the first woman, the first person of color and only the second Democrat to ever hold this seat in Virginia's history. Arlington County Democrat Libby Garvey is running for a third term on the County Board against independent Audrey Clement, who has unsuccessfully contested eight previous county elections. Additionally, local elections are being held in Manassas Park, Dumfries, Herndon, Falls Church and Leesburg. Manassas has gone through many changes over time and is located within the borders of Prince William County.
The city is part of a new 20th House of Delegates district, a new 30th senatorial district in Virginia and a reconfigured 10th congressional district. After leaving federal service, Paul became an active volunteer for the Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee of 26% of Manassas Park. These purged voter lists are organized by numbered electoral districts and, in the case of the city of Manassas, those numbers reflect the new boundaries of the electoral districts (starting with 201), not the boundaries of the electoral districts of previous years. Tom Bonier, Democratic strategist and senior advisor to TargetSmart, a Democratic survey and data company, also cautioned against overconfidence.
Either candidate vying to replace Parrish Democratic Councilmember Michelle Davis-Younger and Republican Councilmember Theresa Coates Ellis would become the first woman to hold the office of Manassas mayor. However, Parrish is not running for a fourth term next month, giving Democrats hope that they can finally take first place in the ever-changing city of 41,000 people just south of a federally owned Civil War battlefield. Roem said he believes his campaign has achieved “a pretty good advantage” at early voting sites in Manassas after receiving the ballots in the mail. Virginia State Delegate Danica Roem (D-13) has been a lifelong resident of the Manassas part of Prince William County and is the Democratic candidate for Virginia's 30th Senate District, which includes western Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
