- 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.

Hunter Mill

Virginia

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Small Businesses

Taxes

Transportation & Infrastructure

Housing & Urban Development

Public Services

Public Safety

Taxes & Budget

Economy

Energy & the Environment

County Supervisor

- 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.

Governs the county's public school system

Mount Vernon

College & Career Readiness

School Curriculum

School Violence

School System Budget

School Board Member

Braddock

Fairfax

- 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

Judicial Efficiency

Budget

Judicial Administration

Court Clerk

Providence

- 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.

Criminal Justice

Jail Management

Sheriff

Sully

Mason

- The chairman of the board of supervisors works together with members of the board to set and implement county policy. 
- The board of supervisors is tasked with approving the county budget, setting local tax rates, approving plans for land use in the county, and appointing county officials. 
- The chairman of the board calls meetings, sets the agenda, chooses officials to appoint to county commissions and boards, and voters along with other board members. 
- The chairman of the board of supervisors represents the entire county. 
- Most board of supervisors chairs in Virginia are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are partisan.


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Fairfax County Supervisor, Hunter Mill District

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Fairfax School Board Member, Mount Vernon District

2 candidates

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Fairfax School Board Member, Braddock District

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Fairfax Court Clerk

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Fairfax School Board Member, Providence District

2 candidates

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Fairfax County Supervisor, Braddock District

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Fairfax Sheriff

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Fairfax School Board Member, Sully District

2 candidates

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Fairfax County Supervisor, Mason District

2 candidates

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Fairfax Board of Supervisors Chair

2 candidates