Election Guide 2025: Stafford County

Jan 02, 2025

By Martin Davis
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Updated June 23, 2025

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Key Dates

Election Day

November 4, 2025

Voter Information

The go-to guide for any questions related to elections and voting in Stafford County is the Stafford Office of Elections.

To register to vote, update your current Virginia voter registration, apply to vote absentee by mail, or view your polling place, election district, absentee ballot status, and voting history, visit the Virginia Department of Elections.

Office of Elections

This is the final list of candidates according to the Stafford County registrar.

Board of Supervisors Race

The following seats are not up for election this cycle:

George Washington - Deuntay Diggs (Current Board Chair)
Griffis-Widewater - Tinesha Allen
Rock Hill - Crystal Vanuch

The Aquia race features incumbent Monica Gary, an independent, seeking her second term on the Board. She was elected in 2021, beating Paul Milde; she ran for Senate District 27 in 2023, losing to Tara Durant. Gary announced in December she would not be seeking re-election, but had a change of heart in February.

Maya Guy (D) is leaving her seat on the School Board to run for Supervisor. Henry Scharpenberg (R) is a political novice. Currently Scharpenberg is leading all candidates in fundraising with $4,354. Gary is a distant second with $300 raised, and VPAP has no information currently on Guy.

In Falmouth, Kecia Evans (D) is trying to earning a seat on the Board following two prior failed attempts to with HD 88. She lost the primary in 2019 to Jess Foster, and lost the general election in 2021 to Phil Scott. Currently she is reporting having raised $5,390. She’ll face off against political novice Michael Catell (R). He currently is reporting $2,561 raised.

The Garrisonville race pits incumbent Pamela Yeung (D) against Barton Randall (I). These same two squared off in 2021, with Yeung winning a tight race by a mere 131 votes.

Hartwood pits incumbent Darrell English (R) against two political newcomers: Kelly Robertson (I) and Marcus Oates (I). Currently, English is far ahead in fundraising, with more than $1,900. Robertson has $415 and VPAP has no information on Oates.

School Board

The following seats are not up for election this cycle — all School Board members run as independents:

George Washington - Susan Randall
Griffis-Widewater - Dr. Elizabeth Warner
Rock Hill - Patricia Healy

In the Aquia District, Annette Scharpenberg will face off against Josh Regan to replace Maya Guy. Both Scharpenberg and Regan are seeking office for the first time.

The Falmouth District will pit incumbent Sarah Chase against Fawn Chergosky, who is a political novice.

In the Garrisonville race, incumbent and current Board chair Maureen Siegmund will face two opponents, Wanda Blackwell and Stephanie Mojica, both political novices.

Finally, in Hartwood, Shannon Fingerholz and Stephen Epple will square off to replace Alyssa Halstead. Both Fingerholz and Epple are seeking their first elected office.

House of Delegates

HD 23

This election features incumbent Candi King (D) running against Republican James Tully. King will be heavily favored, having carried the election in 2023 with nearly 68% of the vote. Read the Advance’s detailed analysis of the HD 23 race.

HD 64

This district is located solely in Stafford County. The incumbent is Paul Milde (R), who won the seat in 2023 by a comfortable margin over Leonard Lacy (D). This time, he’ll face Democratic candidate Stacey Annie Carroll. Milde holds a substantial fundraising advantage over Carroll. Read the Advance’s detailed analysis of the HD 64 race.

HD 65

Incumbent Joshua Cole (D) will face off against Republican Sean Steinway. Cole’s races for the House throughout his career have been very close, with the exception of 2023, when he won HD 65 by a relatively comfortable margin. VPAP rates the district leans Democratic, and there’s little reason to believe that will change before November. Read the Advance’s detailed analysis of the HD 65 race.

Demographics

Stafford’s demographics continue to change rapidly. The Cooper Weldon Center for Public Service rates the county the 7th fastest growing in Virginia since 2020.

Though still a predominantly white county, Stafford’s growth is being driven by its minority groups. From 2010-2022, the Black population has grown 55.8%, while the Hispanic population has grown 120.9%.

With this change in population has also come a rise in income inequality. As recorded by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, this inequality surged between 2011 and 2016. After 2016, it eased until 2020 and has stayed relatively high since.

The impact of these shifts is felt particularly in the public school system, where English Learners and a growing number of special education students are straining the system.

It’s also felt in households, where according to United for Alice, the percentage of households living in poverty in Stafford County was 34% in 2022, the last year for which data is available. That’s up more than 5 percentage points since 2019.

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