Woodbridge Election Day Voter Guide: Key Races, How To Vote

WOODBRIDGE, VA — Tuesday, Nov. 5 marks the 2024 general election, where voters in Woodbridge and the rest of Prince William County will cast votes for president and other key races.

All voters in Prince William County will have president/vice president, either the seventh or 10th congressional district, U.S. Senate and Virginia constitutional amendment on the ballot. Voters in the Towns of Dumfries, Haymarket and Quantico will also have local races on the ballot.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, but anyone in line by 7 p.m. will be able to vote.

Key Races On the November Ballot

Along with the closely-watched presidential race between Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and third-party candidates, there are several key races in Prince William County.

The 7th Congressional District race will determine a successor to Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Fredericksburg), who is running for Virginia governor in 2025. Democrat Eugene Vindman and Republican Derrick Anderson won their party's primaries and are facing off in the general election.

The 7th District includes parts of Fredericksburg and counties of Prince William, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Culpeper, Orange, Caroline, King George, Greene, Madison, and Albermarle and is considered competitive for elections, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.

Vindman, part of the National Security Council during the Trump administration, gained national attention with his brother, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman for their roles in Trump's first impeachment. Both brothers raised security concerns about a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and were later fired, The Washington Post reported.

Campaign priorities include abortion rights, defending democracy and voting rights, supporting the military community, supporting public schools, supporting union collective bargaining, improving transportation and more.

Anderson is a lawyer and former Army Green Beret from Spotsylvania County. His campaign priorities include reducing taxes and government spending waste, supporting border security, addressing health care affordability and more.

In the 10th Congressional District, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Loudoun) did not seek re-election after receiving a progressive supra-nuclear palsy diagnosis. Democrat Suhas Subramanyam and Republican Mike Clancy won their party's primaries to face off in the general election.

The 10th Congressional District is labeled as a competitive district, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. The district covers Loudoun County, part of Prince William County, part of Fairfax County, Fauquier County, Manassas City, Manassas Park City, and Rappahannock County.

Subramanyam, a current Virginia state senator representing part of Loudoun County, has campaign priorities like protecting abortion rights, gun safety restrictions, health care access and affordability, environmental protection and more.

Clancy, who has worked as a lawyer and business executive, outlined campaign priorities such as inflation and boosting the economy, addressing border security, fully funding law enforcement, supporting gun owner rights and more.

Along with the 7th or 10th Congressional District races, voters will decide the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and Republican Hung Cao.

Kaine was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012 after serving elected roles since 1994, including Virginia governor. According to his campaign website, Kaine's priorities include job creation and the economy, protecting reproductive rights, health care affordability, border security, supporting immigration reform, supporting equal rights, protecting the climate and more.

Cao is a Navy veteran who unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Democrat Jennifer Wexton in the 2022 race for Virginia's 10th Congressional District. His campaign priorities include border security, supporting the economy through energy and manufacturing policies, supporting school choice, supporting strong national defense, protecting gun rights, opposing abortion and more.

What's on the Ballot

President/Vice President

• Democratic Party Electors for Kamala Harris, President, and Tim Walz, Vice President
• Republican Party Electors for Donald Trump, President, and JD Vance, Vice President
• Green Party Electors for Jill Stein, President, and Rudolph Ware II, Vice President
• Libertarian Party Electors for Chase Oliver, President, and Mike ter Maat, Vice President
• Independent Electors for Claudia De la Cruz, President, and Karina Garcia, Vice President
• Independent Electors for Cornel West, President, and Melina Abdullah, Vice President

Member, U.S. Senate

• Timothy Kaine - Democrat
• Hung Cao - Republican

Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 7th District

• Eugene Vindman - Democrat
• Derrick Anderson - Republican

Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 10th District

• Suhas Subramanyam - Democrat
• Mike Clancy - Republican

Member, Town Council, Town of Dumfries only (up to three)

• Brian Fields
• Shaun Peet
• Ebony Lofton
• Russell Young
• Mayor, Town of Haymarket only
• Tracy Lynn Pater

Member, Town Council, Town of Haymarket only (up to six)

• Mary Ramirez
• Justin Baker
• Alexander Beyene
• Matthew Gallagher
• Kenneth Luersen
• Joseph Pasanello
• Aaron Peck

Mayor, Town of Quantico only

• Kevin Brown

Member, Town Council, Town of Quantico only (up to five)

• Jason Stoltz
• Sammoto Dabney
• Robert Freeman
• Nadia Madjid
• Todd Zirkle
• Brandi Maly
• Earlene Clinton
• Steve Kang

Virginia Constitutional Amendment Question

Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended so that the tax exemption that is currently available to the surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action is also available to the surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty?

How to Vote

The deadline for voter registration or updating your address was Oct. 15. However, same-day registration with a provisional ballot is offered from Oct. 16 through Election Day, Nov. 5.

If you are completing a mail-in ballot, it must be returned to the Prince William County Office of Elections by 7 p.m. on Nov. 5 or postmarked by Nov. 5 and received in the office by noon on Nov. 8. Voters may return their completed ballot by mail or a drop box. A secure outdoor drop box is available 24/7 outside the Prince William County Office of Elections (9250 Lee Avenue, Suite 1, Manassas) until 7 p.m. on Nov. 5.

To vote on Election Day, visit your assigned polling place between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5. An acceptable form of ID is required to vote in person. Voters without an acceptable form of ID can sign a statement affirming their identity to cast a ballot.

Voters can confirm their registration status and polling place through the Virginia Department of Elections citizens portal. The Office of Elections also has a list of its polling places.

After polls close at 7 p.m. on Nov. 5, preliminary election results will be tallied on the Virginia Department of Elections website. When results start coming in, Patch will provide coverage of the key races in Northern Virginia.

For more information on the upcoming election and voting in Prince William County, visit www.pwcvotes.org.