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Sarah White (Virginia)
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Sarah White (Republican Party) ran for election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 53. She lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
White completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Sarah White’s career experience includes running a group of restaurants and owning a consulting firm specializing in restaurant operations.
Her organizational affiliations include:
- Virginia Restaurant Lodging and Travel Association
- National Association of Women Business Owners
- Fairfax Rotary
- DC Fempreneur
- Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce
- Dulles Chamber of Commerce
- Tysons Chamber of Commerce
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- League of Women Voters
- Visit Fairfax, Board member[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2021
General election
General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 53
Incumbent Marcus Simon defeated Sarah White in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 53 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marcus Simon (D) | 72.0 | 22,741 |
 | Sarah White (R)  | 27.9 | 8,806 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 57 | ||
| Total votes: 31,604 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Marcus Simon advanced from the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 53.
Republican convention
Republican convention for Virginia House of Delegates District 53
Sarah White advanced from the Republican convention for Virginia House of Delegates District 53 on April 26, 2021.
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sarah White completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by White's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a small business advocate, owner, and operator. Through my personal and professional experiences, I understand the kitchen table issues that all of us in Northern Virginia and Falls Church face. Grasping upon all aspects of those experiences, I want to come together with Republicans and Democrats alike to solve problems and improve the quality of life for everyone. That means opening our schools, getting people back to work, and strategizing to make sure we are better prepared for these situations in the future. There is a lot of work to be done and I am the person for the job.
Small businesses are the backbone to our community. We must get our businesses open and our people back to work.
- Schools must be open safely five days a week. We have to get children caught up on education from the school they have missed.
- Everyone should feel safe walking down our streets.
Between school closures and shutdowns, main street businesses have been hurt badly during the pandemic. Even more so, women owned businesses have suffered. Based on a report from the US Chamber of Commerce, less than half of women owned businesses feel good about the financial outlook. As a female business owner myself, I understand these struggles and as a Delegate, want to find better solutions for our businesses.
In the last year, we have seen some radical proposals concerning how we handle policing and public safety. As delegate, I will advocate for better integration between police and our community. Many of the tragedies that we have seen in recent years have happened in areas where police and community do not have a good relationship. By focusing on strengthening the relationship between people and police, we can create safe and equitable communities.
In the last year, we have seen some radical proposals concerning how we handle policing and public safety. As delegate, I will advocate for better integration between police and our community. Many of the tragedies that we have seen in recent years have happened in areas where police and community do not have a good relationship. By focusing on strengthening the relationship between people and police, we can create safe and equitable communities.
You have to know, like, and trust someone to feel confident doing business with them. I feel the same applies to politics. We get very hung up on party lines and hot button issues but the truth is, you don't know what is around the next corner. Electing someone that you trust to make the right decision because you know and like them will get you a much better result. Do not let someone lead your community that you wouldn't want to do business with.
I truly like people. I want to listen and learn and find ways to solve issues. I come from a place of finding common ground when there are disagreements and then see how we can pivot to team up against a problem as opposed to fighting until one side or another wins. We are all stronger together and I think that ignorance is the true enemy. If we can find ways to learn and grow together, there isn't a problem out there we can't solve!
Though I was barely four years old, the first historical event that I can remember was the Challenger Space Shuttle. I was so excited watching the news with my mother and learning about a teacher, Christina McAuliffe, who would be going into space. For some reason I remember thinking that if a teacher could go to space, that anyone who tried really hard would be able to go one day. We watched all of the lead up and I don't think that a day passed we didn't talk about it. It still brings tears to my eyes remembering my mother explaining to me why she was so sad when we were so excited. She did what moms do and tried to keep the details minimal to guard my feelings, but I knew it was bad. I also remember thinking how everyone I knew was sad about it. It had that unifying property of all of America grieving at once. We don't celebrate and grieve together the way that we did back then.
There is nearly always a Taylor Swift song playing in my head. It definitely changes with my mood, but I am pretty sure she has a song for everything.
I believe it is beneficial for a state legislator to have previous work experience in their community. A knowledge of government and politics as well as concern for your neighbors is far more valuable than previous work in government or politics. There are many ways to get this knowledge such as being involved in policy with your local chamber of commerce, nonprofit organization, or any number of business associations, to name a few.
I believe that relationships are always important no matter the setting, so I certainly feel that relationships with other legislators are important. I feel that it is important to work with people both in your political party and not to come up with solutions for our people as a whole. We have gotten into a place where we don't care if we lose as long as our opponent loses and, in my opinion, that means we don't care that it is leading to our communities losing. We must build relationships and learn to work together. Our people are counting on it.
Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was out standing in his field.
We were never meant to be a dictatorship and after a year of pandemic we are all wondering how one person got to make all of the decisions. It is for that reason, I feel that emergency powers should be strictly limited by time, with legislative oversight on whether to continue or discontinue any steps taken to cope with the emergency. State legislature is meant to be a fast moving body who can address concerns from all regions of the state and come up with decisions to care for our people. We must use the state legislature after the immediate emergency time frame to make sure that thoughtful responses covering our entire state are enacted.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 26, 2021
Current members of the Virginia House of Delegates
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Don Scott
Majority Leader:Charniele Herring
Minority Leader:Terry Kilgore
Representatives
District 1
Patrick Hope (D)
District 2
Adele McClure (D)
District 3
Alfonso Lopez (D)
District 4
District 5
District 6
R.C. Sullivan (D)
District 7
District 8
Irene Shin (D)
District 9
Karrie Delaney (D)
District 10
Dan Helmer (D)
District 11
David Bulova (D)
District 12
Holly Seibold (D)
District 13
Marcus Simon (D)
District 14
Vivian Watts (D)
District 15
Laura Jane Cohen (D)
District 16
Paul Krizek (D)
District 17
Mark Sickles (D)
District 18
Kathy Tran (D)
District 19
Rozia Henson (D)
District 20
District 21
Joshua Thomas (D)
District 22
Ian Lovejoy (R)
District 23
Candi King (D)
District 24
Luke Torian (D)
District 25
Briana Sewell (D)
District 26
Jas Singh (D)
District 27
Atoosa Reaser (D)
District 28
David Reid (D)
District 29
Marty Martinez (D)
District 30
Geary Higgins (R)
District 31
Delores Oates (R)
District 32
Bill Wiley (R)
District 33
Vacant
District 34
Tony Wilt (R)
District 35
Chris Runion (R)
District 36
Ellen Campbell (R)
District 37
Terry Austin (R)
District 38
Sam Rasoul (D)
District 39
Will Davis (R)
District 40
Joseph McNamara (R)
District 41
Chris Obenshain (R)
District 42
Jason Ballard (R)
District 43
Will Morefield (R)
District 44
Israel O'Quinn (R)
District 45
Terry Kilgore (R)
District 46
Jed Arnold (R)
District 47
Wren Williams (R)
District 48
Eric Phillips (R)
District 49
Danny Marshall (R)
District 50
Tommy Wright (R)
District 51
Eric Zehr (R)
District 52
Wendell Walker (R)
District 53
Tim Griffin (R)
District 54
Katrina Callsen (D)
District 55
Amy Laufer (D)
District 56
Thomas Garrett (R)
District 57
David Owen (R)
District 58
Rodney Willett (D)
District 59
Buddy Fowler (R)
District 60
Scott Wyatt (R)
District 61
Michael Webert (R)
District 62
Nick Freitas (R)
District 63
Phillip Scott (R)
District 64
Paul Milde (R)
District 65
Joshua Cole (D)
District 66
Bobby Orrock (R)
District 67
Hillary Kent (R)
District 68
Keith Hodges (R)
District 69
Chad Green (R)
District 70
Shelly Simonds (D)
District 71
Amanda Batten (R)
District 72
Lee Ware (R)
District 73
Mark Earley (R)
District 74
Mike Cherry (R)
District 75
Carrie Coyner (R)
District 76
Debra Gardner (D)
District 77
Michael Jones (D)
District 78
Betsy Carr (D)
District 79
Rae Cousins (D)
District 80
District 81
Delores McQuinn (D)
District 82
Kim Taylor (R)
District 83
H. Wachsmann (R)
District 84
Nadarius Clark (D)
District 85
Marcia Price (D)
District 86
Aijalon Cordoza (R)
District 87
Jeion Ward (D)
District 88
Don Scott (D)
District 89
N. Baxter Ennis (R)
District 90
Jay Leftwich (R)
District 91
Cliff Hayes (D)
District 92
Bonita Anthony (D)
District 93
Jackie Glass (D)
District 94
Phil Hernandez (D)
District 95
Alex Askew (D)
District 96
District 97
Michael Feggans (D)
District 98
Barry Knight (R)
District 99
District 100
Robert Bloxom (R)
Democratic Party (51)
Republican Party (48)
Vacancies (1)
