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Incumbent Congresswoman Barbara Comstock defeated challenger Shak Hill in the primary to be the Republican nominee for the House of Representatives from Virginia’s 10th Congressional District. The unofficial vote results posted by the Virginia Department of Elections follow:

10th Congressional District

Barbara Comstock:  28,274 (60.71%)

Shak Hill:  18,301 (39.29%)

Fairfax County Part of 10th Congressional District

Barbara Comstock:  9,166 (69.72%)

Shak Hill:  3,981 (30.28%)

Corey Stewart, the Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, won the hotly contested race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator, beating out Delegate Nick Freitas and E.W. Jackson.

Statewide Results

Corey Stewart:  136,460 (44.86%)

Nick Freitas:  131,157 (43.12%)

E.W. Jackson:  36,570 (12.02%)

Fairfax County Results

Corey Stewart:  18,213 (49.44%)

Nick Freitas:  13,547 (36.77%)

E.W. Jackson:  5,079 (13.79%)

Congratulations to the winners. Many thanks to all other contestants for their spirited efforts to advance Republican principles and policies.

The long Republican primary season—with its inherent airing of political differences among Republicans—is over. The time has now come for all Republicans to unite behind our nominees and work vigorously to help them defeat the Democrats in November’s general election. Fairfax County Republican Committee must focus unflagging energy on accomplishing that mission over the next five months.

(Photo credit:  United States Congress (https://www.facebook.com/RepBarbaraComstock) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

Political Commentator and American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp will be the special guest at the Mid-Term Watch Party.  

Please join us Tuesday night and unwind after a long primary season!

Featured Photo Credit:  Screenshot from The View

Reminder: The Republican primaries will take place at all Fairfax County voting locations on Tuesday, June 12. Polls open at 6:00 AM and close at 7:00 PM.

Three Republican candidates—Nick Freitas, E.W. Jackson, and Corey Stewart—are vying for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat Senator Tim Kaine in the November general election to be one of Virginia’s two senators in Congress.

Two Republican candidates—incumbent Congresswoman Barbara Comstock and challenger Shak Hill—are seeking the Republican nomination for Congress from Virginia’s 10th Congressional District.

Thomas Oh and Jeff Dove are the only Republicans who are running for Congress in the 8th and 11th Congressional Districts respectively, and thus there is no need for Republican primaries for Congress in those two districts.

The primaries on Tuesday are the way that Fairfax County Republicans can influence who will be the Republican candidates that oppose the Democrats in the general election this fall. Don’t miss this opportunity to cast your ballot for who you think will best represent Fairfax County in Congress.

We still need help! On a related note, we are still seeking volunteers to staff the polling places on Tuesday for the purpose of handing out GOP literature and signing up potential volunteers for Fairfax County Republican Committee support. If you are interested in helping out, please contact your Magisterial District Chairman or call the FCRC office at 703-766-2401.

Tim Hannigan
Chairman, Fairfax County Republican Committee

The Educational Employees’ Supplementary Retirement System of Fairfax County (ERFC) was established July 1, 1973, to provide an independent retirement plan for Fairfax County Public Schools’ personnel as a supplement to the primary benefits they earn and receive separately from the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) and Social Security.      
Currently, at age 55 after 30 years of working for FCPS, a retiring employee’s yearly pension amount paid by the VRS comes to about 50% of that person’s average pay based on his/her 5 highest-paid years.  Normally, Social Security benefits would equate to around 25% of a person’s income earned during those 30 years of County employment at “full retirement” age, now 67 for new FCPS hires.  The ERFC supplement was designed to make up for losing that 25% by retiring prior to age 67.  In essence, retiring FCPS employees receive 75% of their pay at age 55.  However, the County now…

Just when you think the Democrat Party has hit rock bottom, they begin to drill deeper.  The latest successful effort at self-flagellation is a slanderous and bizarre TV advertisement by the Democrat candidate for Congress from the 10th Congressional District of Virginia, Dan Helmer.  In his political ad, Helmer narrates that the biggest threat to our democracy since Osama Bin Laden is President Trump. He really said that!  See for yourself at link below.

This Democrat touts himself as an Iraq combat veteran—thank you for your service, Sir—but it appears he may have suffered a blow to the head or some other injury that has distorted his judgment. First off, we do not live in a Democracy; we live in a constitutional Republic. Putting that aside, wasn’t it Barack Hussein Obama who unconstitutionally opened the border to illegal aliens via his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents ( DAPA) programs?  Wasn’t it Obama who…

I, Tim Hannigan, Chairman of the Fairfax County Republican Committee, do hereby call for a meeting of the Fairfax County Republican Committee to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 19, at the Food Services Cafeteria – Building CF on the NOVA Annandale Campus, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003.      Meeting check-in will start at 6:45 p.m.

Northern Virginia Community College -Annandale Campus Map

Light snacks and beverages will be served but NOT dinner.

The agenda for the meeting follows…

Jeff Dove, Republican candidate for VA-11 just published an excellent OP-ED in The Republican Standard about school safety and issue that every Fairfax County family can related to:

Our nation is facing a disease that must be addressed swiftly and judiciously. As a father of a young daughter, it is heart-wrenching every time a new school shooting or a mass shooting occurs. Parents, children, and Americans should not have to worry about their safety or the safety of a loved one in their daily routine. Our leaders have failed us as Americans, and they have also failed their mission to protect their constituents.

This is not the time for partisan politics, political games, or electioneering. It is time for real …

Congratulations to the Hunter Mill Republicans for signing up over 100 volunteers at their ViVa! Vienna!* tent over the Memorial Day Weekend. District Chairman Amanda Morris organized a team of 17 volunteers to staff the Republican tent, which was located midway down Vienna’s Church Street in the heart of the celebration. Along with those who signed up to help the Republican Party, hundreds of …

The Medicaid Expansion fight is not over.

According to news reports, on Tuesday May 29 the Senate Finance Committee may adopt a budget proposal that could be debated and potentially amended on the floor to expand Medicaid with federal money. If those federal subsidies for Medicaid are eliminated in the future, Virginia will be totally responsible for billions in Medicaid costs.

On May 22, the Richmond Times Dispatch reported that “Norment said the additional delay is necessary to

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Fairfax County, VA, May 24 2018  –  Yesterday, Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid ended cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by terminating its Intergovernmental Service Agreement with that federal organization. Fairfax County will no longer “honor any requests to detain individuals subject to an administrative detention request unless there is a corresponding lawfully issued criminal detainer.”

The Chairwoman of the County Board of Supervisors and the Democrat Party agree with that decision. Starting today, criminal illegal…

Get the latest on property tax increases, county employee pension issues, and illegal aliens in Fairfax County and what Republicans should do about these issues!
Springfield Supervisor Pat Herrity and immigration lawyer Patti Lyman will headline our speakers at the next meeting of the Fairfax County Republican Committee (FCRC) to be held at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, May 22, in the cafeteria at W.T. Woodson High School, 9525 Main Street, Fairfax, VA 22031. As added bonuses…