Several local and federal officials, three state constitutional amendments and five bond referendums are on the ballot in Arlington on Election Day tomorrow (Tuesday).
All 54 polling places in Arlington will be open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. To cast a ballot on Election Day, voters must go to their assigned polling place, which can be found online.
Several Democratic elected officials in Arlington plan to visit all 54 of the county’s voting precincts on Election Day to thank volunteers and election workers.
The barnstorming initiative will build on last year’s informal effort by School Board candidate, now member, Monique “Moe” Bryant. She is expected to be joined on the Nov. 3 road trip by Commissioner of Revenue Kim Klingler, Treasurer Kim Rucker and others.
Arlington Republicans held their final meeting before Election Day without appearances by, or significant mentions of, the two candidates they have endorsed for local office.
Neither County Board candidate Audrey Clement nor School Board contender James “Vell” Rives IV participated in the Oct. 26 online membership meeting. However, 8th District congressional nominee Tony Sabio attended and spoke at the meeting.
Early voting is running heavy in Falls Church, with about 31% of the electorate having cast ballots as of earlier this week.
More than 3,600 Falls Church voters had voted in person, by mail or via the City Hall dropbox, as of the most recent Electoral Board meeting on Monday.
A win is a win, no matter the margin of victory, say the co-chairs of a local campaign in support of school bonds.
“We do not target specific vote percentages,” Abbas Ravjani and Kari Garcia told ARLnow as they continued to promote the $80 million school bond, one of five local bond referendums on the county’s Nov. 3 ballot.
Three constitutional amendments on the Nov. 3 ballot have prompted public messages from local Democrats and Republicans, the Catholic Diocese of Arlington and a variety of advocacy groups.
Arlington Democrats are supporting all three, which focus on reproductive rights, same-sex marriage and restoration of voting rights for convicted felons who have been released from incarceration. Party members “voted overwhelmingly” earlier this year to support the trio, party officials said.
Arlington police staffing remains lower than desired but is improving, Police Chief Andy Penn said at a recent meeting.
“We’re still struggling with it,” Penn said of staff levels at the Oct. 13 Civic Federation meeting. “The good news is, hiring is up. I feel really positive about that.”
Arlington Democrats are now targeting a third state in their “Beyond Arlington” get-out-the-vote effort.
Local Democrats yesterday (Sunday) spent three hours writing postcards to Iowa voters, encouraging them to vote for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek over Republican Ashley Hinson.
Supporters of an amendment to enshrine abortion and contraception rights in the Virginia constitution fanned out across Arlington last weekend.
Canvassing efforts on Saturday concerned the first of three state constitutional amendments that voters will consider on Nov. 3.
The Arlington County Republican Committee has decided to back independent candidate Audrey Clement for County Board and to stay out of the special election for treasurer.
“In my many meetings and conversations with Audrey, I am convinced she is very knowledgeable about the issues and has a tenacity that would force accountability on a wholly unaccountable County Board,” Arlington GOP chair Matthew Hurtt said in a message to party members announcing the endorsement.
The Arlington County Democratic Committee handed its 2026 Distinguished Democrat awards to two organizers who spent years in the trenches of local politics.
Mary Detweiler and Jack Kinkaid both have fulfilled largely behind-the-scenes duties, mobilizing local efforts and coordinating campaign activities such as distributing median signs and overseeing precinct operations.
The Arlington County Republican Committee has endorsed independent School Board candidate James “Vell” Rives IV.
Rives is facing incumbent Democrat Bethany Zecher Sutton in the Nov. 3 election. This is the second time Rives will carry the GOP endorsement after he secured it in 2025, as well.
