Editing Fairfax County, Virginia (section)

==Government and politics==
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{{Further|Fairfax County Board of Supervisors|Fairfax County Sheriff's Office|Virginia's 8th congressional district|Virginia's 10th congressional district|Virginia's 11th congressional district}}
Fairfax County uses the urban county executive form of government, which county voters approved in a 1966 referendum.<ref name="WaPo10-13-1966">{{cite news|title=Voters in Fairfax Will Get 5 Ballots|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 13, 1966|id={{ProQuest|142900460}}}}</ref><ref name=Burchard1967>{{cite news|last=Burchard|first=Hank|title=Redistricting of Fairfax Offers Something to Please Everyone|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 8, 1967|id={{ProQuest|143222311}}}}</ref> Under the urban county executive plan, the county is governed by a 10-member [[Fairfax County Board of Supervisors]] with the day-to-day running of the county tasked to the appointed Fairfax County executive. Nine of the board members are elected from the single-member districts of Braddock, Dranesville, Franconia, Hunter Mill, Mason, Mount Vernon, Providence, Springfield, and Sully, while the chairman is elected at-large.<ref name=":2" />

In addition to the Board of Supervisors, there are three constitutional officers, the [[Commonwealth's Attorney]], clerk of the Circuit Court, and [[Fairfax County Sheriff's Office|sheriff]]. The [[Fairfax County Public Schools|Fairfax County School Board]] has 12 members, which are directly elected by the Fairfax County voters. Fairfax County also has a Consumer Protection Commission, which advises the Board of Supervisors and the Department of Cable and Consumer Services on consumer affairs, investigates illegal, fraudulent, deceptive, or dangerous consumer practices, and refers suspected violations of Virginia law to the Commonwealth Attorney or County Attorney for investigation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Consumer Protection Commission {{!}} Cable and Consumer Services |url=https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cableconsumer/csd/consumer-protection-commission |access-date=August 8, 2023 |website=fairfaxcounty.gov}}</ref>

[[Fairfax County Government Center]] is west of the City of Fairfax in an [[unincorporated area]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/government/facilities/ |title=Facilities & Locations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322033524/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/government/facilities/ |archive-date=March 22, 2009 |publisher=Fairfax County |access-date=April 4, 2009}}</ref> Fairfax County contains an [[exclave]] [[unincorporated area]] in the City of Fairfax's central business district, where many county facilities (including the courthouses and jail) are.<ref name="Fairfaxcitymap">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=05000US51600&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |title=Fairfax city, Virginia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218114852/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=05000US51600&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |archive-date=December 18, 2005 |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 4, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Courtadd">{{cite web |url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/courts/gendist/ |title=Fairfax County General District Court |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331143756/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/courts/gendist/ |archive-date=March 31, 2009 |publisher=Fairfax County |access-date=April 4, 2009}}</ref>

Fairfax County was once considered a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] bastion but [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] now control the Board of Supervisors, School Board (officially nonpartisan), offices of the county sheriff, and the Commonwealth's Attorney. Democrats also hold all the Fairfax seats in the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] and every seat in the [[Virginia State Senate|Senate]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Fairfax County encompasses parts of three [[congressional districts]], the [[Virginia's 8th congressional district|8th District]], the [[Virginia's 10th congressional district|10th District]], and the [[Virginia's 11th congressional district|11th District]]. Democrats represent all three districts, with [[Suhas Subramanyam]] representing the 10th, [[Don Beyer]] representing the 8th, and [[Gerry Connolly]] representing the 11th.

In the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]], Fairfax County solidly backed [[Barack Obama]] for re-election as president, who came just short of matching his 2008 performance in the county, winning it 59.6% to [[Mitt Romney]]'s 39.1%. Former [[Governor of Virginia|Virginia Governor]] [[Tim Kaine]], running for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] in 2012, carried Fairfax County with 61% of the vote as part of his statewide victory. U.S. Representatives Connolly, Moran, and Wolf were also re-elected.

Republican governor [[Bob McDonnell]] won Fairfax County with 51% of the vote in 2009, but the Republican resurgence in Fairfax was short-lived. In the [[2013 Virginia elections|2013 election]], Democratic gubernatorial candidate [[Terry McAuliffe]] won Fairfax County with 58% of the vote, defeating incumbent state attorney general and former Republican state senator from Fairfax [[Ken Cuccinelli]]. McAuliffe's running mates, [[Ralph Northam]] and [[Mark Herring]], also carried Fairfax County in their respective bids for [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia|lieutenant governor]] and [[Attorney General of Virginia|attorney general]]. These Democratic victories mirrored the Democratic ticket's sweep of the state's three executive offices for the first time since 1989.

In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 general election]], Fairfax continued its trend towards Democratic candidates. Representatives Beyer and Connolly were re-elected, with Connolly running unopposed. Fairfax County supported [[Hillary Clinton]] for president with 64.4% of the vote to [[Donald Trump]]'s 28.6%, exemplifying a heavy swing toward Democrats across Northern Virginia.

In the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 general election]], Democratic presidential nominee [[Joe Biden]] won the county with 69.89% of the vote, the largest percentage for a Democrat in the county since [[1916 United States presidential election|1916]].
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{{PresRow|1972|Republican|112,135|54,844|2,267|Virginia}}
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{{PresRow|1952|Republican|13,020|8,329|30|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|4,930|3,719|840|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,046|3,582|34|Virginia}}
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{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|187|992|159|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|404|1,143|13|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|422|774|12|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,507|2,135|14|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,877|2,109|30|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,537|2,168|25|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,824|2,010|16|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,681|1,883|0|Virginia}}
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{| class=wikitable
|+County Board of Supervisors<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Board Members and Districts {{!}} Board Of Supervisors |url=https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/boardofsupervisors/members-and-districts |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=www.fairfaxcounty.gov}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Party
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| First Election
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Chairman
| [[Jeff McKay]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Supervisor
| James R. Walkinshaw
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | Braddock
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Supervisor
| James N. Bierman Jr.
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center;" | Dranesville
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Supervisor
| Walter L. Alcorn
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | Hunter Mill
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Supervisor
| Rodney L. Lusk
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | Franconia
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Supervisor
| Andres Jimenez
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center;" | Mason
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Supervisor
| Daniel "Dan" Storck
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2015
| style="text-align:center;" | Mount Vernon
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Supervisor
| Dalia A. Palchik
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | Providence
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Supervisor
| Patrick "Pat" Herrity
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (Virginia)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2007
| style="text-align:center;" | Springfield
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Supervisor
| [[Kathy Smith (American politician)|Kathy Smith]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2015
| style="text-align:center;" | Sully
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+Constitutional Officers
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Party
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| First Election
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Sheriff
| Stacey Kincaid
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Commonwealth's Attorney
| Steve Descano
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Clerk of Circuit Court
| Christopher Falcon
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+[[Virginia House of Delegates|Delegates]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Party
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| First Election
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Delegate
|[[Charniele Herring]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2009
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 4th House of Delegates district|4]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Rip Sullivan]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2014
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 6th House of Delegates district|6]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Karen Keys-Gamarra]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 7th House of Delegates district|7]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Irene Shin]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2021
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 8th House of Delegates district|8]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Karrie Delaney]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2017
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 9th House of Delegates district|9]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Dan Helmer]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 10th House of Delegates district|10]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[David Bulova]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2005
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 11th House of Delegates district|11]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Holly Seibold]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 12th House of Delegates district|12]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
|  [[Marcus Simon]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 13th House of Delegates district|13]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
|  [[Vivian Watts]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1995
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 14th House of Delegates district|14]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Laura Jane Cohen]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 15th House of Delegates district|15]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Paul Krizek]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2015
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 16th House of Delegates district|16]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Mark Sickles]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2003
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 17th House of Delegates district|17]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Kathy Tran]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2017
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 18th House of Delegates district|18]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Delegate
| [[Rozia Henson]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 19th House of Delegates district|19]]
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+[[Senate of Virginia|Senators]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Party
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| First Election
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Senator
| [[Jennifer Carroll Foy]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 33rd Senate district|33]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Senator
| [[Scott Surovell]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2015
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 34th Senate district|34]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Senator
| [[Dave Marsden]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2010
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 35th Senate district|35]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Senator
| [[Stella Pekarsky]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 36th Senate district|36]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Senator
| [[Saddam Azlan Salim]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 37th Senate district|37]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Senator
| [[Jennifer Boysko]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 38th Senate district|38]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Senator
| [[Adam Ebbin]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (Virginia)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2011
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Virginia's 39th Senate district|39]]
|-

|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Consumer Protection Commission<ref name=":0" />
!Position
!Name
|-
|Commissioner
|Harold G. Belkowitz, Esq.
|-
|Commissioner
|Chester J. Freedenthal
|-
|Vice Chairperson
|Denis Gulakowski
|-
|Commissioner
|Dirck A. Hargraves
|-
|Commissioner
|Pratik J. Kharat
|-
|Commissioner
|Dennis Dean Kirk, Esq.
|-
|Chairperson
|Jason J. Kratovil
|-
|Commissioner
|Triston "Chase" O'Savio
|-
|Commissioner
|Michael J. Roark
|-
|Secretary
|Jacqueline G. Rosier
|-
|Commissioner
|Maurice B. Springer
|-
|Commissioner
|Paul Svab
|}