Congratulations to Faye Prichard on her re-election to the Hanover Board of Supervisors and to Pam Sopall for winning a seat on the Ashland Town Council. Unfortunately, other races didn’t go as we had hoped, but our candidates ran excellent campaigns and made gains from previous years. We are proud of them.
When Republicans are unopposed in elections, it sends the message that they can do whatever they want when elected with no accountability to left-leaning voters. When they are challenged in an election, it tends to pull them toward more moderate positions, so a big thank you to all our candidates.
Thanks, too, to all the volunteers who so generously donated time and money to these campaigns and to all those who served as greeters at the polls. It all makes a difference.