What Voters Need to Know

Updated: June 19th, 2025 10:36 am

 

Fairfax County needs a leader and educator with State Senator Stella Pekarsky’s bold energy and lived experience to stand up to Trump.

 

SUMMARY

 

Northern Virginia currently has no women in its Congressional delegation.

 

Voters with a history of voting in Democratic primaries, and especially women, to see on TV and on the go that Stella Pekarsky is the strongest voice in standing up to MAGA extremists and Donald Trump.

 

Most importantly need to know:

 

• State Senator Stella Pekarsky is a mom of six, former public school teacher, chair of the Fairfax County School Board, now Fairfax State Senator proudly from a working-class immigrant family.

 

• Championed a law that protects federal workers from housing evictions. (2025 SB1430)
   

• Passed a law that helps Virginia federal workers pay their bills when Musk and Trump take away their jobs. (2025 SB1056)

 

• Stella was the deciding vote to protect abortion rights in Virginia. (2023 SJ247)
   

• Leading Virginia abortion rights leaders called her their “champion”. (https://reprorisingva.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-Legislative-Scorecard-Final.pdf)

 

Secondary proof points on why Stella is the fighter we need.

 

• When Youngkin tried to ban books, Stella led the School Board to fight back–and won. (https://www.ffxnow.com/2021/11/24/fcps-decision-on-challenged-books-praised-by-lgbtq-students-staff/)

 

• Stella championed bills that lowered the cost of healthcare, (2025 HB2375, 2025 HB1724) protected Medicaid and forced insurance companies to cover lifesaving medical equipment they otherwise were denying. (2025 SB1447)
   

• Stella wrote the law to protect our bottom line by banning price gouging and hidden junk fees that corporations used to profit off of essential services. (2025 SB1212)

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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• In-district Endorsements

  • Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell

  • Senator Saddam Salim

  • Senator Jennifer Carroll Foy

  • Delegate Holly Seibold

  • Delegate Laura Jane Cohen

• Photos

• Video Content

• Additional Research:

  • Protect our schools:

    • https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classrooms/schools-african-american-studies-fairfax-county-school-board-members-laura-jane-cohen-stella-pekarsky-glenn-youngkin-to-not-delay-college-board-ap-course-ron-desantis

    • https://ktxs.com/news/coronavirus/virginia-school-mask-mandate-remains-covid-19-lawsuit-hearing-governor-glenn-youngkin-nova-arlington-alexandria-fairfax-falls-church-hampton-city-prince-william?photo=2

    • Budget eg https://www.veanea.org/vea-applauds-passage-of-budget-bill-and-investments-in-k-12-schools/

  • Abortion rights amendment: 

    • https://legacylis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+mbr+SJ1

• Voting Information

  • Firehouse Primary will be Saturday, June 28th from 7 am to 7 pm

  • Early voting will be June 24-26th from 3 pm to 8 pm

  • This is a party-run process and locations will not be normal polling locations

  • Full information on voting locations is available at: https://www.cd11votes.com/