Category: Harrisonburg Politics
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Laura Dent, the city’s vice mayor, wants another term to keep working on climate and housing issues
In 2020, community activist Laura Dent decided to run for city council after years of campaigning for other Democrats in Harrisonburg. Much of her platform was focused on climate initiatives and affordable housing, and she’s focused a lot of her energy on those issues during the last four years as she served on the council.
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After 6 years of prep, Javier Calleja seeks to bridge divides in his run for council
Javier Calleja’s first job was to go door-to-door selling dish soap to pay his electricity bill when he was 8. More than 30 years later, he’s knocking on doors again for another reason: to spread the word about his campaign as an independent candidate for Harrisonburg City Council.
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First refugee candidate for city council seeks to bring ‘dynamic and new ideas’
Billing himself as the first refugee candidate to run for Harrisonburg City Council, Nasser Alsaadun said he hopes to engage a diverse range of city residents in all aspects of Harrisonburg life.
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Presidency will be ‘won by your demographic’: Parties have used national conventions to court Gen Z voters
Young voter turnout is low, particularly in Virginia, sparking initiatives at both national conventions aimed at engaging youth in the political process.
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Before he was a VP candidate, Walz ‘brought everything to life’ in the classroom for one Hburg resident
In fall 1992, 14-year-old Katie Harvey began high school in the city of Alliance, Nebraska, which had 9,765 people at the time, is mostly known for “Carhenge” — a replica of Stonehenge made entirely of automobiles and is the Box Butte County seat in the state’s northwestern panhandle.
‘Very fired up’ local Democrats catch wave of national energy as Landrieu comes to town
With a big-name national Democrat in town, the theme at the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County Democratic Party headquarters on Wednesday was one of enthusiasm and buzz.
RNC in review: Va. delegates are all in on Trump and mum on what Democrats should do
MILWAUKEE — Decked in red, white and blue, Virginians cruised through the Republican National Convention this week. Now, they excitedly await what’s next for former President Donald Trump and his campaign.
At GOP convention, Republicans say they’re ‘certain’ Trump-Vance ticket will make Virginia red again
MILWAUKEE — After Virginia turned shades of purple in recent years, Republicans say they foresee the commonwealth going red this fall, as former President Donald Trump gathers momentum.
