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JUNE 5, 2014
Down to Wire in 8th-District Primary Race A SALUTE TO O’CONNELL’S CLASS OF 2014
Modest Turnout Expected as Party Picks from 7 Candidates SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer
Kajae Jones, Annie Farrell and Maggie Goldsmith were among members of the Bishop O’Connell High School Class of 2014 who garnered diplomas during the school’s 54th annual commencement exercise, held May 29 at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. A total of 281 students received diplomas during the ceremony. For full coverage, see Page 3. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI
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WHAT Are seeking the Democratic nomination for the 8th District U.S. House of Representatives seat being vacated by Jim Moran, who has served since 1991.
WHEN The primary is being held Tuesday, June 10. Absentee voting runs through Saturday, June 7.
WHERE Voting on Election Day is held at normal precincts. Absentee-voting locations have been set by election officials in jurisdictions making up the district: Alexandria, Arlington, Falls Church city and (portions of ) Fairfax County.
NEXT The winner of the primary faces Republican Micah Edmond and third-party candidates in the Nov. 4 general election. The district is reliably Democratic in its voting patterns.
Seeking the Democratic nomination are William Euille, Patrick Hope, Mark Levine, Lavern Chatman, Adam Ebbin, Derek Hyra and Don Beyer. The winner will face Republican nominee Micah Edmond and third-party candidates on Nov. 4.
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About 440,000 voters will have the opportunity to cast ballots in the 8th District Democratic primary. And even though that June 10 race, not the general election, is likely to determine who succeeds Jim Moran in Congress – possibly for a generation – turnout is not expected to be heavy. Arlington Registrar Linda Lindberg said absentee voting for the seven-candidate race has been running at less than 40 percent of the pace of the April 8 County Board special election, and at about the same rate as the 2012 congressional primary that pitted insurgent challenger Bruce Shuttleworth against Moran. “My best guess is we’ll likely end up with a little higher turnout than 2012,” Lindberg told the Sun Gazette on May 29. “That one had a 7-percent overall turnout, while we’ll probably be somewhere around 12 percent, maybe higher.” The number of registered voters changes, but in the most current statistics posted on the State Board of Elections site, there were 436,536 active voters in the district. Arlington comprises 32 percent of the total, the city of Alexandria 19 percent and the city of Falls Church 2 percent. The remainder is in the portions of Fairfax County that fall within the district.
WHO Don Beyer, Lavern Chatman, Adam Ebbin, William Euille, Derek Hyra, Mark Levine, Patrick Hope.