Manassas Park

Manassas

- The clerk of the court is responsible for all administrative and financial duties within the county court system, including filing cases, maintaining evidence, and registering legal documents like wills and deeds. 
- The office is responsible for giving out marriage licenses, gun permits, admitting wills, and collecting fines and fees from court cases. 
- They also handle recordings of court cases and any money that comes through the county court office. 
- Most clerks of the court are elected in odd years in Virginia for either four or eight year terms. Elections are partisan.

Head administrator and record keeper of the county courts

Prince William

Virginia

2023 Virginia General Elections

Judicial Efficiency

Budget

Judicial Administration

Court Clerk

- The Commonwealth's Attorney is the top prosecutor for criminal cases in your city or county. They work closely with police officers and victims, decide whether to bring criminal charges, and lead prosecutions in court.
- Commonwealth’s Attorneys often supervise a team of assistant prosecutors and staff in their office.
- Most Commonwealth’s Attorneys are elected to four-year terms in odd-numbered years. Elections are partisan. 
- Their salary varies by locality and experience, but the average in Virginia is around $150,000.

The chief prosecutor in your county or city.

Criminal Justice

Victim Assistance

Public Safety

Commonwealth's Attorney

- The board of supervisors collaborates to establish and carry out county policies, including setting local tax rates, approving land use plans, and managing the county budget.  
- Board members are responsible for appointing county officials and overseeing key areas such as education, public safety, environmental regulations, business policies, and transportation systems.  
- Each supervisor typically represents a specific district within the county.  
- In Virginia, most supervisors are elected in partisan races during odd-numbered years and serve four-year terms.

Passes laws and regulations for your county.

Gainesville

Small Businesses

Taxes

Transportation & Infrastructure

Housing & Urban Development

Public Services

Taxes & Budget

Economy

Energy & the Environment

County Supervisor

Potomac

Woodbridge

- Virginia sheriffs oversee local jails, provide courthouse security, serve legal documents, and transport inmates.  
- Sheriffs are elected to four-year terms in odd-numbered years with no term limits. Elections are partisan. 

The chief law enforcement officer for your county or city.

Jail Management

Sheriff

- The district board is in charge of conserving, improving, and protecting Virginia's natural resources, with a focus on soil and water. They make plans to conserve soil resources, control and prevent soil erosion, prevent floods, and conserve, develop, use and dispose of water. 
- Directors are responsible for providing local representation on conservation issues. Historically directors were agricultural landowners, but today they represent a variety of issues and perspectives. 
- A major responsibility of district boards is to control and prevent pollution of Virginia's waterways.  
- Each of the 47 districts is represented by a combination of appointed and elected directors, both of which are unpaid. Elected directors are elected in nonpartisan elections to four year terms. 

Works to ensure the conservation of your county's natural resources

Environment

Administration

Soil and Water Conservation Director

- The school board runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- School board members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- In addition to the typical responsibilities of a school board member, school board chairs also oversee meetings, moderate board panels, and make sure progress is made toward the board’s overall goals.
- School board members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

Head of the board that governs your county's public school system

College & Career Readiness

School Violence

School Curriculum

School System Budget

School Board Chair

Neabsco

- The school board runs the public school system, and it is entirely independent from the rest of the county government. 
- School board members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day. 
- Some school board members are elected by the entire city, while others represent specific districts. 
- School board members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

2023 Virginia candidates

Prince William Court Clerk

2 candidates

Prince William Commonwealth's Attorney

2 candidates

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Prince William County Supervisor, Gainesville District

1 candidate

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Prince William County Supervisor, Potomac District

2 candidates

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Prince William County Supervisor, Woodbridge District

2 candidates

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Prince William Sheriff

2 candidates

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Prince William Soil and Water Conservation Director

5 candidates

Prince William School Board Chair

3 candidates

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Prince William County Supervisor, Neabsco District

1 candidate

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Prince William School Board Member, Occoquan District

2 candidates

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