Politics Democratic Primary Voting Underway in 4 Races

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

Early voting in the June 20 primary is well underway as Democratic voters finalize their picks for party nominees in the November general election.

Voters now are voting in Democratic primaries in the 26th House of Delegates District between Kannan Srinivasan and Sirisha Kompalli, the 31st Senate District between Zach Cummings and Russett Perry, in the 32nd Senate District between Del. Suhas Subramanyam (D-87) and Ibraheem Samirah, and for Loudoun Commonwealth’s Attorney between incumbent Buta Biberaj and Elizabeth Lancaster.

Republicans face no primary elections in Loudoun this year. On the School Board and town council, candidates are not nominated by political parties, although the parties often make endorsements.

Early voting in the primaries began on May 5. Polls are open on primary election day, June 20, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Other deadlines for primary voters are also coming up. Friday, June 9 is the last day to request a ballot be mailed, and Saturday, June 17 is the last day to vote early in person.

Loudoun County has also implemented new state and local election districts along with some changes to voting precincts following the most recent redistricting. Find your polling place at loudoun.gov/197/ Where-is-my-Polling-Place.

Come November, the county will see elections in every House of Delegates and state Senate district and every county-level office, including the Loudoun Clerk of the Circuit Court’s eight-year term, along with some town council and mayoral seats in Loudoun towns. At the county level that includes all nine seats on both the Board of Supervisors and the School Board along with the five constitutional officers, the Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, Commissioner of the Revenue and Commonwealth’s Attorney.

That means Loudoun voters will vote in at least 14 races: a House of Delegates district, a state Senate district, all five county constitutional officers, a district and at-large seat on both the School Board and Board of Supervisors, and up to three candidates for Soil and Water Conservation District director. With Town Council seats on the ballot in Middleburg, Purcellville, Lovettsville, Hamilton and Round Hill, some town residents will vote for more.

Without another change to Loudoun elections, there will never be as many county races on the ballot again—this year, School Board members elected in the Broad Run, Algonkian, Dulles, Leesburg and Sterling districts will serve only