Since State Sen. Suhas Subramanyam won the election on Tuesday for Virginia‘s 10th Congressional District, there will be a special election for the seat Subramanyam currently represents – District 32.
Three Democrats have announced their bid for the seat.
On the evening of Election Day, after Subramanyam declared victory, Del. Kannan Srinivasan (D-Dist. 26) said live on television that he was running for Subramanyam’s seat.
Yesterday, former Del. Ibraheem Samirah announced he is also running in the Democratic primary.
Former one-term Loudoun County Commonwealth Attorney Buta Biberaj has also announced she is running for the seat.
Puja Khanna, a small business owner who ran for the Dulles District seat on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors last year but lost, is also running for the seat.
Sree NagiReddi has also announced his bid. He was the Democratic candidate for the Dulles Board of Supervisors in 2019.
Hurunnessa Farid has also announced her bid. She is the Director of Outreach at Multi-Faith Neighbors Network.
A firehouse primary — also known as a mass canvass, party canvass or unassembled caucus — is a type of primary election run and paid for by a political party instead of a state’s Department of Elections. Per state election law, a firehouse primary in Virginia is a special primary election for state or national office that occurs outside of a November general election.
Both Democrats and Republicans will be using a firehouse primary for this special election. The Republicans have not yet announced their candidates.
The Loudoun County Democratic Committee announced a firehouse primary on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to determine a nominee for the special election.
We will be following this story for readers as it evolves.
Audrey Carpenter is the Northern Virginia Bureau Chief for All Virginia News. She can be reached at: audreycarpenter@allvirginia.news
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