Democrats in the part of the area covered by the 70th District House of Delegates seat will hold a primary this Saturday from 1-4PM at 31st Street Baptist Church (823 North 31st Street) to select a candidate for the State Delegate position being vacated by Mayor-elect Dwight Jones. Two people have indicated that they will be on the ballot: 7th District Council Representative Delores McQuinn and Henrico lawyer Carlos Brown. Following the primary, a special election will be held on Jan.6.[via]

The RTD confirms earlier rumors that McQuinn is in for Mayor-elect Jones’ 70th House district seat. With it a likely given that she wins the seat, who is next for the 7th District seat?

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The city website has a map of all of the voter precincts and a breakdown of the recent vote by precinct. Interesting numbers if you’re into that kind of thing…

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THANK GAWD IT IS FINALLY THAT DAY. Take a snack with you and head out to the polls. Share your experience & check out some election-related photos from around the neighborhood and the city (updated through the day)…

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Tomorrow is the day! Find out where to vote! Get local results later on at the city Registrar’s Office, the State Board of Elections here and here, or watch the Virginia election results roll in below:

A van pool sponsored by NAACP@VCU, SGA (Student Government Association), Iota Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated, Don Coleman for School Board, and Radio One is offering free rides to the polls on election day to anyone that needs the assistance. Call (804)345-4111 for more info or to set up a ride.

A recent reader submission:

Recently, on East Franklin Street, campaign posters are being torn down and thrown into storm drains. We are proud of our candidate and have high hopes for him, and we are sure you feel the same way about yours. What we don’t understand is why it is necessary for some supporters to trespass on our property and vandalize our house. Is this merely to prove a point? If so it’s really not a good message to send.

We are cordially requesting our neighbors not behave in such an uncivilized manner. We respect your right to choose whom to vote for, please respect ours. Regardless of political affiliation, we have more right to display our support than you have to enter our yard uninvited and remove our property. Thank you, we are

Very truly yours,
Your neighbors on East Franklin Street

As a follow-up to our mayoral poll back in August, here are the results of a (certainly very unscientific) poll of the support for each of the 3 school board candidates…

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This seems like an interesting time to revisit the Virginia Public Access Project, a non-profit group the makes it easy to access the public records of who has donated how much to a candidate for office.

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Bellevue Elementary and the Church Hill Association hosted a sparsely attended forum for the 7th District School Board candidates this evening. A more well-attended forum that included school board, council, and mayoral candidates took place immediately following at the Powatan Community Center in Fulton.

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The Church Hill Association is sponsoring a School Board Candidates Forum at Bellevue Elementary School Tuesday evening from 5:30-6:45PM with all 3 of the 7th District candidates. A separate 7th District Candidates Forum that includes the school board candidates, council candidates, and mayoral candidates will follow at 7PM at the Powhatan Community Center in Fulton. Both forums are open the public.

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In place of the regularly scheduled CHA meeting on 21 October 2008, the association will be sponsoring a School Board Candidates Forum at Bellevue Elementary School from 5:30-6:45PM with all 3 of the 7th District candidates. A separate 7th District Candidates Forum that includes the school board candidates, council candidates, and mayoral candidates will follow the same evening beginning at 7PM at the Powhatan Community Center in Fulton. Both forums are open the public. [via]

I’m 0-1 in any type of public endorsement, but I believe that events have proven that I was essentially correct. With that out there, I have had the opportunity meet many of the folks running for office this season in Richmond and I have developed some opinions about them…

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A townhall meeting with mayoral candidate Robert Grey will be held on Tuesday Oct.7 from approximately 6:15–8PM at the Peter Paul Development Center (1719 North 22nd Street). The plan is for Mr.Grey to make some introductory remarks and then open up the floor to questions from the audience.

In their ongoing look at the city prior to the election, richmond.com profiles the 7th District:

The densely populated 7th District contains the most eastern parts of Richmond; it is bounded to the north, east and somewhat to the south by Henrico County. The district does not cross the James River, also to the south. Neighborhoods in the 7th include: Fairfield, Church Hill, Fulton Bottom, Fulton Hill, Montrose Heights and the eastern portion of Shockoe Bottom.

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The Church Hill Association and the Greater Fulton Hill Civic Association will be hosting a “Meet Your Candidates” forum on Tuesday, October 21st @7PM at the Powhatan Hill Community Center. The Richmond mayoral candidates and the 7th district council and school board candidates will be in attendance. [via]

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On the heels of last week’s mayoral candidates debate, we ran a (certainly very unscientific) poll to see what kind of support each candidate might have…

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The Richmond Crusade for Voters held a public forum for the candidates for city council Tuesday night at the Military Retiree’s Club at 2220 Sledd Street. Recurring issues among the 18 candidates running for the 9 seats were economic development and affordable housing, with public safety and education coming up as well. From their comments at the forum, the two candidates for the 7th District seat might be living in 2 different neighborhoods…

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