Local seats up for grabs around Central Virginia

Buckingham

Incumbent I. Monroe Snoddy will face Robert Jones in the race for the District 1 seat on the Board of Supervisors. Jones is a former supervisor.

Donald Bryan is running unopposed in the race to represent District 2 on the Board of Supervisors.

In District 3, Pete R. Kapuscinski is challenging incumbent E.A. Talbert for a seat on the Board of Supervisors.

In District 4, three candidates are vying for the seat currently occupied by John Kitchen, who decided to run for the School Board. Running for the Board of Supervisors are E. Morgan Dunnavant, Henry Hagenau and John Staton.

The race to represent District 5 on the Board of Supervisors is also being sought after by three candidates. Robert Anderson, Joyce Kidd Smith and Cassandra Stish are all vying for the seat currently occupied by Brian Bates, who is not running again.

Joe Chambers of District 6 and Danny Allen of District 7 are running unopposed for re-election.

Russell Gowin is the only School Board member facing opposition in the election, facing opposition for the District 4 seat from Kitchen and Walter Saxon. Incumbents David Christian of District 1, Kathy Midkiff of District 2, H. Ed Wise of District 3, Sherry Ragland of District 5, T.W. Hutcherson of District 6 and F. Acie Allen of District 7 are running unopposed.

Incumbent William Kidd faces three others in his bid for re-election as sheriff. Kidd’s challengers are Gerald Washington, William Merritt and James Tyree.

RoShelle Harris is challenging incumbent Stephanie Midkiff for commissioner of revenue. Harris is director of social services and admissions at Heritage Hall and was previously employed as a deputy commissioner of the revenue.

Incumbents David Wade Ball and James McDaniel are running unopposed for two director seats on the Soil and Water Conservation board.

Seven people are vying for six seats on the Dillwyn Town Council. Incumbents Sarah Walker, Sandra Moss, Karen Sue Moss and Bill Lewis Moss are running for re-election. Challenging them are Tora LaTonya Jones, W. Alan Leatherwood and Linda Venable Paige. All council candidates are running as independents.

Incumbent J. Ervin Toney is running unopposed in his bid for re-election as mayor of Dillwyn. E.M. Wright is running unopposed for re-election as commonwealth’s attorney. Christy Christian is unopposed in her bid for re-election as treasurer.

Republican Tom Garrett and Democrat Bert Dodson are vying to represent the 22nd District in the Virginia Senate.

Matt Fariss, a Republican, Connie Brennan, a Democrat, and Linda Wall, an independent, are running for the 59th District House of Delegates seat.

Fluvanna

Incumbent John Gooch will face Bob Ullenbruch, owner of the Palmyra Country Store, in the race for Board of Supervisors representing the Palmyra District. Gooch has held the position since 2008.

James Tew, a certified public accountant and business consultant, will go up against incumbent Mozell Booker, the incumbent in the race for Board of Supervisors representing the Fork Union District.

Incumbent Bertha Armstrong is running unopposed for the Fork Union seat on the School Board. Brenda Pace is also running unopposed for the Palmyra seat on the School Board.

Jeffrey Haislip is running unopposed for commonwealth’s attorney. Haislip was raised in Fluvanna and graduated from James Madison University. He has held the position since 2000.

Ryant Washington is running unopposed for sheriff. He has been involved in law enforcement since 1990 and was first elected as sheriff in 1999.

Linda Lenherr has held the position of treasurer since 1984 and is seeking re-election unopposed. She was born and raised in Fluvanna and currently lives in the Fork Union area.

Two-term incumbent Mel Sheridan will face Deborah Rittenhouse, an office manager at a Charlottesville accounting firm, for commissioner of the revenue. Both candidates are Fluvanna natives.

Incumbent Robert Parrish and newcomer Thomas Pratley are running unopposed for two director seats on the Soil and Water Conservation board.

Republican Tom Garrett and Democrat Bert Dodson are vying to represent the 22nd District in the Virginia Senate.

Incumbent Rob Bell is running unopposed to represent the 58th District in Virginia’s House of Delegates. Additionally, seven-term incumbent R. Lee Ware Jr. is running unopposed to represent the 65th House District, which now includes southeastern parts of Fluvanna.

Greene

Three non-incumbent candidates are running for the Ruckersville District seat on the Board of Supervisors: H. Flint Engleman II, Davis M. Lamb and Victor L. “Vic” Schaff.

Former Greene County Administrator Julius L. Morris, who was convicted in 2006 of altering public documents, recently withdrew from the race for the Ruckersville seat, citing personal reasons. Morris’ name will still be on the ballot because he withdrew too late to be removed.

For the Monroe District on the Board of Supervisors, David L. Cox is challenging incumbent Michael R. Skeens.

Eddie R. Deane is challenging incumbent Carl H. Schmitt for the at-large seat on the Board of Supervisors.

Of the two School Board seats that are up for grabs, each has an unopposed non-incumbent vying for a seat. Rodney D. Kibler is looking to take the Monroe District seat, and Sharon L. Mack hopes to walk into the Ruckersville post.

Incumbent Troy L. Harlow is unopposed for the School Board’s at-large seat.

Larry V. “Percy” Snow, the commissioner of revenue, and Ronald L. Morris, the commonwealth’s attorney, are both seeking reelection unopposed.

The Soil and Water Conservation’s Culpeper District directors, Robert E. Runkle and J. Robert “Bob” Brame II, are running unopposed, as is Treasurer Stephanie Allen Deal.

Non-incumbents Steven S. Smith and S. Randall Snead are battling to become sheriff.

Republican Emmett W. Hanger Jr., an incumbent, is running unopposed for the 24th District of the state Senate.

Rob Bell, a Republican, is also unopposed in his re-election bid for the House of Delegates’ 58th District.

Louisa

In one of two contested Board of Supervisors races, James A. Smith Jr. is challenging incumbent Daniel W. Byers for the Jackson District seat. Troy J. Wade hopes to knock off P.T. Spencer from his Louisa District seat.

Supervisor Willie L. Gentry Jr. is running for re-election unchallenged in the Cuckoo District.

Sheriff Ashland D. Fortune is facing two opponents in his bid for re-election, Travis C. Christian Sr. and Jason M. Walker.

Three School Board members are running unopposed for re-election: Stephen C. Harris of the Cuckoo District, Allen B. Jennings of the Jackson District and W.A. “Billy” Seay Jr. of the Louisa District.

Rusty McGuire, currently the county’s assistant commonwealth’s attorney, is running for commonwealth’s attorney. John R. “Jack” Maus, a Louisa-based criminal defense attorney, is challenging McGuire as a write-in candidate.

The current commonwealth’s attorney, Republican Tom Garrett, is departing from the position as the county’s head prosecutor in hopes of being elected a state senator representing the 22nd District. He faces Democrat Bert Dodson for the seat.

McGuire is the only candidate running for a Louisa County office as a Republican; the rest are independents.

Commissioner of Revenue Nancy Maddox Pleasants is seeking re-election unopposed.

Facing no incumbent, six candidates are running for treasurer: David N. Jacobs, Pamela R. Harlowe, Henry B. Wash, Frances B. Goodman, Ronald K. Skinner and C. Edward “Ed” Kube Jr.

Two candidates are running for the county’s two director seats in the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District: incumbent James F. Kean and newcomer Brian D. Wagner.

Voters will also have a chance to weigh in on a referendum in which the county is seeking authority to levy a 4 percent restaurant meals tax, with the revenue being dedicated to public safety and/or education capital improvements projects. The proposed change would not apply to restaurants in the towns of Louisa and Mineral, which already have meals taxes of 5.5 percent and 5 percent, respectively, according to the county’s explanation of the referendum.

Republican Tom Garrett and Democrat Bert Dodson are running for the 22nd District in the Virginia Senate.

In the Senate’s 17th District race, Democrat Edd Houck faces Republican Bryce E. Reeves, a small-business owner and former Prince William County detective.

Republican Peter F. Farrell is running unopposed for the 56th District seat in the House of Delegates.

Madison

Seven candidates are fighting for two at-large seats on the Board of Supervisors.

Supervisor James L. Arrington is the only incumbent seeking re-election. Newcomer candidates are: R. Clay Jackson, Doris G. Lackey, J.L. Taylor, Leri M. Thomas, Jonathon R. Weakley and Roger P. Gooding.

There are three open School Board seats and three candidates — incumbents Tonya D. Taylor and James L. Nelson Jr. and newcomer Cindy N. Austin.

Eugene W. Metz Jr. is challenging Sheriff Erik J. Weaver.

The following are seeking re-election unopposed: Treasurer Stephanie Gail Murray; Commonwealth’s Attorney George S. Webb III; Commissioner of Revenue Gale Lacy Harris; and Soil and Water Conservation Culpeper District Director Lynn N. Graves.

Republican Emmett W. Hanger Jr., an incumbent, is running unopposed for the 24th District of the state Senate.

Ed Scott, a Republican is unopposed for his re-election bid for the 30th House District.

Nelson

Joe Dan Johnson is seeking his second term to represent the South District on the Board of Supervisors. Challenging him are John Ponton and Larry Saunders.

Incumbent Thomas Bruguiere is running unopposed in his bid for re-election to the Board of Supervisors representing the West District.

Incumbent J. David Parr is running for re-election as a member of the School Board representing the West District. He has been on the School Board for more than seven years and is an agency manager at Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. Nobody is officially running to represent the South District on the School Board.

Daniel Lee Rutherford and Anthony Martin are running for the position of commonwealth’s attorney. Rutherford is a solo-practitioner lawyer and Martin is the assistant commonwealth’s attorney for Amherst County.

David Brooks is seeking his second term as sheriff. Facing him is Mac Bridgwater and John Wright. Until 2008, Bridgwater was the lead investigator in the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office. Since then, he has worked as a narcotics investigator with the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office. Wright has been involved in law enforcement since 1990 and is a former Nelson sheriff’s deputy.

Incumbent Jean Payne is running unopposed in her bid for commissioner of revenue. She has held the position for 20 years.

Angela Johnson and Susan Kidd Stevens are running for treasurer. Johnson has been a full-time deputy in the treasurer’s office since 1996. Stevens has worked as a finance technician for Nelson County for the past four years.

Incumbents Paul Davis and David Collins are running unopposed for two director seats on the Soil and Water Conservation board.

Republican Thomas W. “T.J.” Aldous will go up against Democrat R. Creigh Deeds to represent the 25th District in the Virginia Senate. Deeds has held this position since a special election in 2001.

Matt Fariss, a Republican, Connie Brennan, a Democrat, and Linda Wall, an independent, are running for the 59th District House of Delegates seat. In the 20th House District, incumbent Dickie Bell, a Republican, faces opposition from Laura L. Kleiner, a Democrat.

Orange

Three Board of Supervisors members are seeking re-election, and each is being challenged.

Arthur F. “Art” Magner Jr. and James K. “Jim” White are challenging incumbent Zack W. Burkett for the District 2 seat.

Incumbent S. Teel Goodwin is facing challenger Will E. Likins II in District 3. Billy J. Curry, whose name will still be on the ballot, withdrew from the District 3 race.

Incumbent Lee H. Frame Jr. is being challenged by Suzanne M. Brady for the District 5 seat.

All three School Board candidates are unopposed.

Incumbent Jim E. Hopkins is looking to hold onto his District 5 seat. Newcomer Judith Pigg Carter is running for District 3, and newcomer Sherrie W. Page is running for District 2.

Sheriff Mark A. Amos faces challenger Donald D. Brooks.

Gilbert Harrison Berger is challenging Commonwealth’s Attorney Diana H. Wheeler for her position.

Commissioner of Revenue Donna H. Chewning and Treasurer Phyllis M. Yancey are running unopposed.

Directors Alyson R. Sappington and Robert A. Bradford, both of whom are unopposed, are seeking re-election to the Soil and Water Conservation Culpeper District.

In the Senate’s 17th District race, Democrat Edd Houck faces Republican Bryce E. Reeves, a small-business owner and former Prince William County detective.

Ed Scott, a Republican is unopposed for his re-election bid for the 30th House District.