Category: Harrisonburg Politics
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Some anxieties about Trump’s second term come out during Congressman Cline’s town hall event
Several dozen people pressed Republican U.S. Rep. Ben Cline on Monday evening about their concerns regarding potential mass deportations of immigrants and LGBTQ+ people’s rights during Donald Trump’s second term.
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Seeking a third term on council, Deanna Reed wants city to be more supportive ‘for all’
Deanna Reed has always been proud of her hometown. Born and raised in Harrisonburg, Reed said her priority has always been to make sure the community is “a city for all.” Reed, who has been mayor since 2017, is running for re-election to the city council as one of four candidates vying for three spots. She was the top vote-getter in the June Democratic primary.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
