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[UPDATE: Garrett McGuire Wins] Results: HD17 Dem “Firehouse Primary” to Nominate a Replacement for Del. Mark Sickles, Who’s Headed Into the Spanberger Administration

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Last week, Virginia Del. Mark Sickles was selected by Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger to serve in her Cabinet as Secretary of Finance. As such, there will be a vacancy shortly in HD17 (Franconia/Springfield in southern Fairfax County; 70% Kamala Harris district), which Del. Sickles represents. For that reason, Virginia Speaker Don Scott set the special election date for this seat as 1/20/26, with Fairfax Democrats selecting their nominee TODAY (12/28) in a “firehouse primary.”  The candidates were Russell Brooks, Carla Bustillos, Garrett McGuire, Joy McManus, and the results are as follows (see here for live results from the Fairfax Democrats).

  • Here are the unofficial results from online voting (1,034 votes cast online), from Hotel Belvoir Springfield (just 61 votes cast there), from Fairfield Hotel Alexandria (132 votes cast there) AND from the Franconia Government Center. Garrett McGuire wins narrowly with 801 votes (34.0%), followed by Joy McManus with 747 votes (31.7%), then Carla Bustillos with 537 votes (22.8%) and Russell Brooks with 271 votes (11.5%). [Note: I strongly support Ranked Choice Voting being used in all Democratic primaries with more than two candidates…]

  • Here are the unofficial results from online voting (1,034 votes cast online), from Hotel Belvoir Springfield (just 61 votes cast there) AND from Fairfield Hotel Alexandria (132 votes cast there). Garrett McGuire leads with 465 votes, followed by Joy McManus with 384 votes, then Carla Bustillos with 269 votes and Russell Brooks with 109 votes.

  • Here are the unofficial results from online voting (1,034 votes cast online) AND from Hotel Belvoir Springfield (just 61 votes cast there). Garrett McGuire leads with 418 votes, followed by Joy McManus with 343 votes, then Carla Bustillos with 241 votes and Russell Brooks with 93 votes.

  • Here are the unofficial results from online voting…still awaiting the in-person vote totals from today. For online only, Garrett McGuire leads with 400 votes, followed by Joy McManus with 323 votes, Carla Bustillos with 225 votes and Russell Brooks with 86 votes. 

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