Dave A. Crance Jr. lives just outside the City of Falls Church. He attended a community college. He is married to his wife, Suman, with whom he has a child. Dave previously coached for the local little league where he received multiple coach of the year awards, and currently coaches’ his daughter’s youth softball team. He is also the Chaplain of the Falls Church VFW. 

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Dave is a regional manager at Lakecrest. He previously served as vice president of Sales and Marketing and as regional director of operations at Baltimore Management. He served in the US Army for 4 years. 

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David previously ran for the Virginia House of Delegates in 2023 but did not win.

Supports cutting government spending and lowering taxes.

Supports a taxpayer’s Bill of Rights requiring voter approval for new taxes and tax increases, and mandates returning excess revenue to taxpayers.

Supports eliminating Virginia’s car tax.

Supports ending the taxation of military pensions.

Believes the affordable housing crisis in Northern Virginia is due to "overregulation through excessive permitting fees, zoning restrictions, and licensing," and argues that high permitting costs for new homes in Virginia compared to North Carolina exacerbate the issue.

Believes the affordable housing "crisis" in Northern Virginia is due to "overregulation through excessive permitting fees, zoning restrictions, and licensing," and argues that high permitting costs for new homes in Virginia compared to North Carolina exacerbate the issue.

Believes zoning regulations hinder the development of affordable housing and supports converting surplus office and commercial space into lower-cost housing by easing zoning and permitting restrictions.

Supports easing restrictions on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), saying "it’s your house and your land" and that ADUs provide a solution to affordable housing for families and renters.

- Supports cutting government spending and lowering taxes.
- Supports a taxpayer’s Bill of Rights requiring voter approval for new taxes and tax increases, and mandates returning excess revenue to taxpayers.
- Supports eliminating Virginia’s car tax.
- Supports ending the taxation of military pensions.
- Believes the affordable housing "crisis" in Northern Virginia is due to "overregulation through excessive permitting fees, zoning restrictions, and licensing," and argues that high permitting costs for new homes in Virginia compared to North Carolina exacerbate the issue.
- Believes zoning regulations hinder the development of affordable housing and supports converting surplus office and commercial space into lower-cost housing by easing zoning and permitting restrictions.
- Supports easing restrictions on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), saying "it’s your house and your land" and that ADUs provide a solution to affordable housing for families and renters.

Economy

As of September 17, 2025, Dave A. Crance Jr.’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports reducing taxes and government spending.

Supports upholding government accountability. 

Supports Defend the Guard legislation, which would prevent National Guard units from being deployed into active combat without a formal declaration of war by Congress.

- Supports upholding government accountability. 
- Supports Defend the Guard legislation, which would prevent National Guard units from being deployed into active combat without a formal declaration of war by Congress.

Public Safety

Supports parental involvement in their children's education.

Supports mandating better communication with parents on matters outside academic performance.

Believes changing school districts and boundaries impacts families' educational opportunities and financial decisions, and supports mandating taxpayer approval for any boundary adjustments.

Supports educational competition through tax rebates for alternative schooling and standardized guidelines for charter school approval in Virginia.

- Supports parental involvement in their children's education.
- Supports mandating better communication with parents on matters outside academic performance.
- Believes changing school districts and boundaries impacts families' educational opportunities and financial decisions, and supports mandating taxpayer approval for any boundary adjustments.
- Supports educational competition through tax rebates for alternative schooling and standardized guidelines for charter school approval in Virginia.

Education

Opposes government involvement in personal healthcare decisions.

- Opposes government involvement in personal healthcare decisions.

Healthcare

Supports making ballot access easier for third party and independent candidates.

Supports term limits for representatives, easing ballot access for third parties and independents, and endorses ranked choice voting (RCV) with instant-runoff voting (IRV) to enhance democratic choice.

Supports term limits for representatives. 

Supports ranked choice voting and advocates for ballot access for third parties and independent candidates.

- Supports making ballot access easier for third party and independent candidates.
- Supports term limits for representatives. 
- Supports ranked choice voting and advocates for ballot access for third parties and independent candidates.

Voting & Elections

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As of September 17, 2025, Dave A. Crance Jr. did not have a website or any information online.

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Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings

Marcus Simon is a lifelong resident of Fairfax County, Virginia where he currently resides with his wife Rachel, and 2 children. He holds a bachelor's degree in near and Middle Eastern studies and journalism from New York University and a law degree from American University. He is a member of Temple Rodef Shalom.

Marcus is a real estate attorney and co-founded the law firm Leggett, Simon, Freemyers & Lyon and Ekko Title, a real estate settlement, title, and escrow company. He previously worked as a legislative aide for Delegate James M. Scott and later for Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Katherine K. Hanley. He also served as a prosecutor in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps.

Marcus  currently serves as a State Delegate, representing District 13. He assumed office in 2024. Previously, he served as a State Delegate representing District 53 from 2014 to 2023. 

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Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027.

As a state delegate, co-patroned a bill to repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees.

- Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027.
- As a state delegate, co-patroned a bill to repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees.

Voted to expand renewable energy tax credits.

Voted to establish the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice.

- Voted to expand renewable energy tax credits.
- Voted to establish the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice.

Co-patroned a bill to establish gun-free zones at public schools.

- Co-patroned a bill to establish gun-free zones at public schools.
- Supports gun control.

Supports raising teacher pay to the national average.

Opposes "forced-outing" bills targeting transgender students.

As a House Delegate, voted to increase protections and support against cyber-bullying.

- Supports raising teacher pay to the national average.
- Opposes "forced-outing" bills targeting transgender students.
- As a House Delegate, voted to increase protections and support against cyber-bullying.

Co-sponsored a bill to enshrine abortion rights in Virginia’s Constitution.

As a House Delegate, voted in favor of establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board.

As a House Delegate, voted to prohibit the Board of Medicine from disciplining doctors for providing legal abortion services.

Voted in favor of a bill to establish the right to access and use FDA-approved birth control.

- Supports abortion access. 
- Supports equal marriage rights.
- As a House Delegate, voted in favor of establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board.
- As a House Delegate, voted to prohibit the Board of Medicine from disciplining doctors for providing legal abortion services.
- Voted in favor of a bill to establish the right to access and use FDA-approved birth control.

As a state delegate, co-sponsored a Constitutional Amendment to restore voting rights to "returning citizens" (formerly incarcerated individuals).

- As a state delegate, co-sponsored a Constitutional Amendment to restore voting rights to "returning citizens" (formerly incarcerated individuals).

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Marcus B. Simon

Marcus Simon is a lifelong resident of Fairfax County, Virginia where he currently resides with his wife Rachel, and two children, Emily and Zachary. He earned a bachelor's degree in near and Middle Eastern studies and journalism from New York University in 1992 and a law degree from American University in 1999. He is a member of Temple Rodef Shalom.

Marcus is a real estate attorney. He co-founded the law firm Leggett, Simon, Freemyers & Lyon and Ekko Title, a real estate settlement, title, and escrow company. Before starting his law practice, he worked as a legislative aide for Delegate James M. Scott and later for Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Katherine K. Hanley. He also served as a prosecutor in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps.

Marcus is currently a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 13. He assumed office in 2024. Previously, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2014 to 2023, representing District 53. He is running for re-election in 2025.

As of September 17, 2025, Marcus B. Simon did not have a website or any information online.

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Sylwia Oleksy holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maryland and a bachelor's degree in accounting from George Mason University. She has children. 

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Sylwia has experience working as an accountant. 

Sylwia's campaign for Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 13 is her first run for public office.

Opposes wasteful spending of tax dollars.

Supports halting and repealing laws that increase government revenue to reduce property taxes.

Believes economic growth is hindered by state-imposed policies and minimum-wage laws.

Supports eliminating barriers for domestic businesses, reducing regulations, and auditing for waste but emphasizes the need for harsh prosecution of criminal offenses to restore accountability and public trust, opposing no-cash-bail policies.

Opposes mandatory union representation and financial support, advocates for anonymous union voting, and supports limiting unions to collective bargaining while prohibiting political donations and lobbying by unions.

- Opposes wasteful spending of tax dollars.
- Supports halting and repealing laws that increase government revenue to reduce property taxes.
- Believes economic growth is hindered by state-imposed policies and minimum-wage laws.
- Supports eliminating barriers for domestic businesses, reducing regulations, and auditing for waste but emphasizes the need for harsh prosecution of criminal offenses to restore accountability and public trust, opposing no-cash-bail policies.
- Opposes mandatory union representation and financial support, advocates for anonymous union voting, and supports limiting unions to collective bargaining while prohibiting political donations and lobbying by unions.

Supports reducing reliance on imported energy by constructing nuclear plants, easing state regulations for domestic energy production, and offering tax incentives for solar panels made in the U.S.

Supports the use of nuclear energy and hydropower.

Opposes the Clean Act, believing it will deindustrialize Virginia, raise energy and food prices, and destabilize the domestic energy market.

Believes wind energy is not viable, citing Sweden's expensive wind farms and lack of excess energy storage technology, leading to no increase in green jobs or lower energy prices in Europe.

Believes wind energy is not viable, citing Sweden's  expensive wind farms and lack of excess energy storage technology, leading to no increase in green jobs or lower energy prices in Europe.

- Supports reducing reliance on imported energy by constructing nuclear plants, easing state regulations for domestic energy production, and offering tax incentives for solar panels made in the U.S.
- Supports the use of nuclear energy and hydropower.
- Opposes the Clean Act, believing it will deindustrialize Virginia, raise energy and food prices, and destabilize the domestic energy market.
- Believes wind energy is not viable, citing Sweden's  expensive wind farms and lack of excess energy storage technology, leading to no increase in green jobs or lower energy prices in Europe.

Opposes gun control, believing no Virginia law should infringe on the 2nd Amendment.

Opposes gun control, believing no state law should infringe on the 2nd Amendment.

- Opposes gun access for non-citizens.
- Opposes gun control, believing no state law should infringe on the 2nd Amendment.
- Supports fully funding the police.

Believes that despite 78% of property taxes funding education, student performance is declining and Fairfax is losing population.

Supports providing parents with affordable school choices and tax credits for those who opt out of public schools for religious or personal reasons.

Opposes families who homeschool their children paying taxes for public schools.

Believes  families who homeschool their children should not need to pay taxes for public schools.

Believes the costs of the Fairfax school system are "out of control" and the "quality of education provided doesn’t justify the crushing cost to property tax paying working people or retired home owner who also shoulder this burden."

- Believes that despite 78% of property taxes funding education, student performance is declining and Fairfax is losing population.
- Supports providing parents with affordable school choices and tax credits for those who opt out of public schools for religious or personal reasons.
- Believes  families who homeschool their children should not need to pay taxes for public schools.
- Believes the costs of the Fairfax school system are "out of control" and the "quality of education provided doesn’t justify the crushing cost to property tax paying working people or retired home owner who also shoulder this burden."

Supports abortion access and believes the current abortion law, which protects viable fetuses, should remain unchanged.

Supports access to abortion and believes medical procedures should not be ratified in State Constitutions.

Believes medical procedures should not be ratified in State Constitutions.

Opposes legalizing retail sales of cannabis, believing it causes mental health issues, addiction, and societal health costs, and argues it is not comparable to alcohol or cigarettes in terms of financial sense for society.

Opposes legalizing retail sales of cannabis, believing it causes mental health issues, addiction, and societal health costs. 

- Supports abortion access and believes the current abortion law, which protects viable fetuses, should remain unchanged.
- Believes medical procedures should not be ratified in State Constitutions.
- Opposes legalizing retail sales of cannabis, believing it causes mental health issues, addiction, and societal health costs. 

Believes voting rights should incentivize positive change and opposes automatically restoring voting rights to felons.

- Believes voting rights should incentivize positive change and opposes automatically restoring voting rights to felons.

Sylwia Oleksy

Sylwia is running for election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 13. This is her first campaign for public office.

As of September 17, 2025, Sylwia Oleksy’s website did not contain information on this issue.

As of September 17, 2025, Sylwia Oleksy did not have a website or any information online.

- The Virginia General Assembly, made up of the House of Delegates and the State Senate, is responsible for creating state laws.  
- Your state delegate serves your local district in the Virginia House of Delegates, advocating for your community's needs and interests.  
- Delegates have the power to write, sponsor, and vote on proposed legislation, including all bills related to the state budget, which begin in the House of Delegates.  
- The House of Delegates consists of 100 members, each elected to represent one district.  
- Delegates serve two-year terms and receive an annual salary of $17,640.

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