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Election 2019

Election 2019 - VEA Website

Vote for Public Schools on November 5th!

A vote for VEA-recommended candidates is a vote for students, for public schools, and for the dedicated educators who staff them. We need to elect candidates who will Fund Our Future.

Use the resources and links below to:

  • Sign up to help pro-public education candidates through our #Red4Ed Canvasses on November 2.
  • Learn who the VEA Fund for Children and Public Education is recommending in House and Senate races.
  • Pledge to vote for candidates who will Fund Our Future.
  • Find out which VEA members will be on the ballot this November 5.

 

Sign Up to Get Out the Vote Nov. 2

We need YOU to help canvass to ‘Get Out the Vote’ on #Red4Ed Saturday, November 2

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Take VEA's Pledge to Vote

Your vote on November 5th can help fund school programs for students and raise pay for teachers and support staff. Please pledge to vote for pro-public education candidates.

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Support the VEA Fund's Recommended Candidates

Help Elect Candidates Who Support Virginia’s Public Schools. Learn who we’re recommending for office and make a voluntary donation to the VEA Fund now!

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VEA Members on the Ballot!

Members from across the Commonwealth have stepped up and become candidates for state and local offices in these elections, including FOUR who are running for seats in the General Assembly. Virginia Beach Education Association member Cheryl Turpin, currently a member of the House of Delegates, is running for the Virginia Senate; Henrico Education Association member Schuyler VanValkenburg is up for re-election as a House member; and Karen Mallard of the Chesapeake Education Association and Timothy Hickey of the Greene County Education Association are running for a first term in the House.

Electing Turpin, Mallard, VanValkenburg, and Hickey won’t just put more informed educators in the statehouse—it could help swing the balance of power. Both the Senate and House of Delegates are held by Republicans by thin margins. VEA’s goal is gaining a majority of legislators who will fight for public schools, and the election of these three teachers will help put us on the path to victory.

VEA members are volunteering for all four campaigns, and VEA and NEA are helping out, when possible, with support such as mailers and advertising to inform members and the public.

Here’s a complete list of Union members who are running in November:

  • Tom Coen of the Stafford Education Association, running for re-election to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors
  • Denise Corbo of the Loudoun Education Association, running for Loudoun County School Board
  • Sylvia Glass of the Loudoun Education Association, running for the Loudoun Board of County Supervisors
  • Maggie Hansford of the Prince William Education Association, running for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors
  • Tim Hickey of the Greene County Education Association, running for the Virginia House of Delegates in District 59
  • Robbie Jones of the Montgomery County Education Association, running for the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors
  • Dalila Johnson of the York Education Association, running for the York County Board of Supervisors
  • Brenda Lee of the King William Education Association, running for the King & Queen County School Board
  • Karen Mallard of the Chesapeake Education Association, running for the Virginia House of Delegates in District 84
  • Carol Medawar of SVEA-Aspiring Educators, running for the Stafford County School Board
  • Cheryl Turpin of the Virginia Beach Education Association, running for Virginia Senate in District 7
  • Schuyler VanValkenburg of the Henrico Education Association, running for re-election in Virginia House of Delegates District 72
  • Lisa Zargarpur of the Fairfax Education Association, running for Prince William School Board.

EVERY Vote Matters!

“I need to get very personal about the votes soon to be tallied here in Virginia’s statewide elections,” says VEA President Jim Livingston. “They are so critical that all of us—you and me—have a compelling moral, personal, and professional responsibility to get to the polls, and to encourage those around us to do the same. The future of our public schools, and the students and educators who spend their days in them, is at stake. And lest you think your vote doesn’t really matter, remember that it took drawing the winning name out of a hat to decide the winner of one Virginia election just two years ago.

“The 2019 elections are a crucial step in our Union’s Fund Our Future campaign and in our ongoing #Red4Ed efforts.”

Read on to see VEA’s full look at this year’s elections and their importance to public education in our state.

Read More Here

Did You Know?

The average pay of Virginia public school teachers in 2019-20 was $57,665. That is $6,468 below the national average of $64,133.

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