NOTE: My name is Donald Braden. This post is largely content I posted to my own blog at The Full Slate Project this morning. I thought the content would be of interest to Kos Readers.
Well, District 13 has 3 Democratic candidates stepping up to compete against Republican Bob Marshall. This seat went contested in 2015. The Republican won by just 1,557 votes last cycle. It is great to see so many people stepping up to challenge a seat like this.
The Democratic candidates so far are:
Thanks for stepping up!
District 13 Fast Facts
- Residents = 80,010
- Active Registered Voters = 42,386
- Percent Registered = 53%
- Total Vote in Last District 13 Race = 12,741
- Participation Rate = 30%
- Total Vote for Republican last Race = 7,149
- Total Vote for Democrat last Race = 5,592
There are 2 localities in the district; Prince William County and Manassas Park City. Below is graph highlighting the vote breakdown for each party in each locality compared to total vote and total active registered voters:
Looking at that, the biggest opportunity for Democrats within the district are within the Prince William County precincts. since it makes up 86% of all the registered active voters. There are 15 precincts, 9 of which that saw less than 25% participation. Those would be some areas to potentially target.
This is just a quick snapshot on some of the analysis that can be done.
You can request a file from the Secretary of States office by contacting Vanessa Archie at vanessa.archie@elections.virginia.gov or at (804) 864-8908. Ask what it would take to obtain the Vote History List for District 13, let her know you are a candidate if you are one of the 3 folks running for the seat.
Let's Turn Virginia Blue in 2017. If you do not have a candidate running in your district. Run! There is help out here.