This article originally appeared here, at patch.com
GREAT FALLS, VA — While most of the political focus this year has been on the Sept 9 special election in the 11th Congressional District, voters will also be heading to polls on Nov. 4 to elected a new governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and their local representative to the Virginia House of Delegates.
In House District 6 race, voters in McLean, Great Falls and parts of Vienna will see a rematch of the 2023 election, with incumbent Del. Rip Sullivan (D) facing Republican challenger Kristin Hoffman.
Hoffman is running to be the voice for Northern Virginia families in Richmond, with sharper messaging, stronger momentum, and a clear contrast the incumbent in the race, according to a campaign release.
“Rip Sullivan has spent years in Richmond voting in lockstep with the far-left agenda, while ignoring the issues keeping families up at night,” she said. “He’s voted against parents, against public safety, and against fiscal responsibility, because he’s more interested in pleasing party insiders than serving the people of McLean, Great Falls, and Vienna.”
In 2023, Sullivan defeated Hoffman with 20,144 of the 32,528 votes cast compared to her 12,303. That loss did not dissuade the retired technology executive and mother of two from running again this year.
Hoffman’s platform focuses on “empowering parents, bettering our schools by increasing
school choice, strengthening public safety by backing our law enforcement officers,
improving traffic and infrastructure, eliminating the car tax, and rooting out waste and
mismanagement in local government,” according to a campaign release.
The 6th District leans Democratic, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. In the 2024 presidential election, 64.6 percent of district residents voted for President Kamala Harris (D) and 31.7 percent voted for President Donald Trump (R).
As of June 30, Sullivan has raised more for his campaign since the beginining of the year than Hoffman, according to state financial filings reported by VPAP.
Total Money Raised Jan. 1-June 30, 2025
*Incumbent
Early in-person voting for the Nov. 4 general election begins on Sept. 19. The deadline to request a ballot by mail is Oct. 24. District 6 residents who fail to register to vote by the Oct. 24 deadline can cast a provisional ballot at the polls on election day. More information can be found on the Virginia Department of Elections website.