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‘Must-Win’ Race for Arlington Democrats? After County Board Defeat, Party Ramps Up Effort to Retain Brink Seat in Aug. 19’s Special Election SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer
FUN AT THE ARLINGTON COUNTY FAIR Mother Nature cooperated and crowds were healthy as the Arlington County Fair took place last Wednesday to Sunday at Thomas Jefferson Community Center. And as always, the focus was on the youngsters. Above, Valerie Wanzer is excited by her very first ride on a carousel, checking out all the moving parts as her mom, Claudia Galdamez, keeps watch to make sure all goes well. At left, Soren Kihm enjoys whirring around on the swings. Find a slide show of photos from the event on the Sun Gazette’s Web site at www.insidenova.com/news/arlington. PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT
Richard “Rip” Sullivan (left) and David Foster are vying to fill out the term of Del. Bob Brink (D-48th).
County. Sullivan and Foster each hold law degrees from the University of Virginia and have been active in public life across Northern Virginia. Foster served two elected terms on the Arlington School Board; Sullivan, who lives in McLean, ran unsuccessfully for House of Delegates a number of years ago. Arlington Democratic leaders are still smarting from the spanking they took in the April County Board special election, where their nominee – Alan Howze – was trounced by John Vihstadt. Vihstadt ran what he called a Continued on Page 21
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Left embarrassed by a crushing defeat in the last special election held in Arlington, county Democratic leaders are working feverishly to avoid a repeat in next Tuesday’s 48th District House of Delegates race. “The Republicans are trying to sneak this one by us, and we can’t let that happen,” Arlington County Democratic Committee chairman Kip Malinosky told the rank-and-file at the Aug. 6 party meeting. It was the last Democratic meeting before the Aug. 19 special election, called to find a successor to Del. Bob Brink (D-48th), who resigned in late June to take a job with the McAuliffe administration. Democrat Richard “Rip” Sullivan Jr. and Republican David Foster are the lone candidates vying in the 48th, a district that includes the parts of Arlington hugging the Potomac River, as well as some precincts in the McLean and Falls Church areas of Fairfax