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Virginia’s Eighth Congressional District consists of the City of Alexandria, the City of Falls Church City, Arlington County and part of Fairfax County (including portions of 6 of the 9 Magisterial Districts: Dranesville, Lee, Hunter Mill, Mason, Providence, and Mount Vernon).
8th CD
VA 8th CD Map (180.4 KiB)
VA 8th CD Boundaries (33.0 KiB)
8th CD Members 36 current voting members, last updated 9.21.2009
Results of the 2009 Convention (May 16th at Edison High School)
The new elected members of Virginia’s 8th Congressional District Democratic Committee who will serve a four-year term (2009-2013) are:
- Arlington County – 3 female members & 4 male members
Carolina Espinal, Margo E. Horner, Maureen Markham
Charles B. (Charley) Conrad, Alfonso H. Lopez, Peter Rousselot, Terron D. Sims, II - City of Alexandria – 2 female members & 2 male members
Susan B. Kellom, C. E. Palmer Johnson (PJ)
Richard R.G. Hobson, John Biechman - City of Falls Church – 1 female member
Elizabeth H. (Betty) Coll - Fairfax County- 4 female members & 4 male members
Pixie Bell, Rose Chu, Sandra J. Klassen (8th CD member of the DPVA Resolutions Committee), Susan Warner
Steven T. Bunn, (member by virtue of election as Secretary DPVA, June 2009) Abdel Rahman Hamed, Patrick J. Morrison, Scott Surovell, Mike Burke Kirby (elected for Steve Bunn’s seat September 21, 2009)
At the first meeting of the newly organized district committee on May 18th, 2009, the committee elected the following officers:
Margo E. Horner, Chair
Pixie Bell, First Vice Chair
Susan B. Kellom, Second Vice Chair
Charley Conrad, Secretary
Rose Chu, Treasurer
DPVA Party Plan revised September 13, 2008 (343.4 KiB)
The district committee upon organization, and every two years thereafter (i.e. two-year term of offices) as outlined in the Party Plan (section 6.2), elects one Democratic member of the General Assembly and three county or city representatives (these positions may be used to insure that the equal division requirement of Section 4.3 is met, i.e. gender balance). Members so chosen shall be counted in determining a quorum and shall be voting members of the district committee as soon as elected by the district committee. Confirmation of the election of the General Assembly member and the county or city representatives shall be made by the Central Committee.
Delegate Mark Sickles (43rd), General Assembly member
Dan Steen, Arlington
Lynn Clark, Fairfax
Julie N. Jakopic, Alexandria
As outlined in section 4.1 of the Party Plan, voting members of the Central Committee who are members of their respective district committee, i.e. for the 8th district, include:
Steve Bunn (elected for Fairfax, stepped down when elected DPVA), Secretary, DPVA
Craig Fifer, Vice Chair for Technology and Communications, DPVA
John Taylor Chapman, VAYD National Committeeman
The Honorable Kerry J. Donley, Former Chair, DPVA
Barbara Easterling, National Member, DNC
Richard Fowler, VAYD City/County Caucus Chair
Frank Leone, Jr., DNC Member
Honorable James P. Moran, Jr.
The Honorable Ken Plum, Chair, House Democratic Caucus
Mame Reiley, DNC Member
The Honorable Mark Warner
The Honorable Mary Margaret Whipple, Chair, Senate Democratic Caucus
