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Most of you get to vote in a contested election next week
The next election scheduled for the City of Richmond will be a general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2015. The polls will be open from 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Offices on the ballot for November are Virginia Senate and House of Delegates.
We are in the Senate 16th District; most of us are in the House 71st District, with a some in the House 70th District.
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Senate 16th District
The Senate 16th District ballot will show Rosalyn R. Dance (D) vs Joseph D. Morrissey (I), though Morrissey has withdrawn from the race.
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House 71st District
The House 71st District pits incumbent Jennifer L. McClellan (D) vs Stephen J. Imholt (I).
Jennifer McClellan is a centrist, 9-year-veteran of the Virginia House of Delegates and serves as the vice chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia. She is a member of the Commerce and Labor, Courts of Justice, and Education committees.
8% of bills she copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of her bills, 67% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that she also copatroned, 51% of them are Democrats.
McClellan has run unopposed 3 times, and has never received less than 82% of the vote in a contested re-election year. (Silver Persinger spent $367 and picked up 17.05% of the vote in 2009.)
Stephen Imholt is a retired IT worker. He’s out and about a lot, check the calendar on his site to catch him in person. Find out about Imholt’s positions on VOTE SMART.
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House 70th District
Delores McQuinn (D) is running unopposed in the House 70th District.
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Thanks John Murden for posting this!
McClellan has been endorsed by the Richmond Crusade for Voters, the Times-Dispatch, the VEA, and the Richmond Free Press, who call her “thoughtful and responsive when it comes to her work in the legislature.”