2025 Local Candidate Questionnaires
By Martin Davis | Adele Uphaus
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While most of the country is taking a break from electoral politics, Virginia and New Jersey are gearing up for what will be closely-watched state-wide elections.
Voters in the Old Dominion State are facing a full slate of races, electing a Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General. There will be new faces in the Governor’s and Lt. Governor’s seats. The Attorney General race pits an incumbent, Jason Miyares, against a newcomer Jay Jones.
There are not State Senate elections this year, but all 100 seats in the House of Delegates are up for grabs. In our readership area, that means races for House Districts 23, 63, 64, 65, and 66.
Locally, there will be closely watched races for City Council in Fredericksburg, Board of Supervisors in Spotsylvania and Stafford, and School Board in all three localities.
The Advance has circulated candidate questionnaires for local candidates in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, and Stafford.
Below, learn more about the candidates seeking your vote this November.
Candidate profiles are also linked on each locality’s Election Guide 2025 page.
Editor’s note: Spotsylvania School Board and Board of Supervisors and Stafford School Board candidate profiles are now live. Stafford Board of Supervisors candidate profiles will be published on August 1 at 6 a.m.
Fredericksburg
Election Overview
City Council
David Cropper (Ward 1)
Joy Crump (Ward 2)
Jesse Dominguez (Ward 4)
Susanna Finn (Ward 3)
Charlie “Chuck” Frye, Jr. (Ward 4)
Matthew Kelly (Ward 3)
Anne Little (Ward 2)
Matt Rowe (Ward 1)
School Board
Malvina Rollins Kay (Ward 4)
Annie Langdon (Ward 3)
Katie Pomeroy (Ward 2)
Sarah Stelmok (Ward 3)
Andy Wolfenbarger (Ward 1)
Other Races
Travis Bird (Commonwealth Attorney)
Marion Bowman (Treasurer)
Rashawn Cowles (Sheriff)
Elizabeth K. "Libby" Humphries (Commonwealth Attorney)
Keith Rodgers (Sheriff)
Tamara L Stuart (Commissioner of the Revenue)
Spotsylvania
Election Overview
Board of Supervisors
Baron Braswell (Battlefield District)
Marcus Garcia (Lee Hill District)
Nilofer Garza (Berkeley District)
David Goosman (Berkeley District)
Lori Hayes (Lee Hill District)
Kevin Marshall (Berkeley District)
Chris Yakabouski (Battlefield District)
School Board
Jennifer Craig-Ford (Battlefield District)
Lawrence DiBella III (Berkeley District)
Nick Ignacio (Battlefield District)
James King (Battlefield District)
Richard Lieberman (Lee Hill District)
Amanda Monroe (Berkeley District)
Gabrielle Pickover (Lee Hill District)
Todd Rump (Lee Hill District)
Stafford
Election Overview
Board of Supervisors
Michael Catell (Falmouth District)
Darrell English (Hartwood District)
Kecia Evans (Falmouth District)
Monica Gary (Aquia District)
Maya Guy (Aquia District)
Marcus Oats (Hartwood District)
Barton Randall (Garrisonville District)
Kelly Robertson (Hartwood District)
Henry Scharpenberg (Aquia District)
Pamela Yeung (Garrisonville District)
School Board
Wanda Blackwell (Garrisonville District)]
Sarah Breedin Chase (Falmouth District)
Fawn Chergosky (Falmouth District)
Steve Epple (Hartwood District)
Shannon Fingerholz (Hartwood District)
Stephanie Mojica (Garrisonville District)
Josh Regan (Aquia District)
Annette Scharpenberg (Aquia District)
Maureen Siegmund (Garrisonville District)
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