Congratulations to Delegate-Elect Eileen Filler-Corn!

In an absolute nail bitter, the voters of the 41st House District elected Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Va.) to fill the seat left vacant by Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Va.) – who was recently elected to the State Senate. By a 42 37-vote margin (5,757 5,758 to 5,715 5,721), Eileen defeated Kerry Bolognese (R-Va.).

At times it seemed that Kerry was more focused on running against Democrats on national issues (e.g. Health Care) than he was on addressing local concerns of voters within the district. Eileen focused her campaign on education, which proved to be a winning formula. With the crippling cuts to education proposed by Gov. McDonnell (R-Va.), many localities, which are already facing severe budget shortfalls, are facing unthinkable additional cuts that would directly impact the classroom. This proved too much to take for Fairfax voters!

It may be a mouth full, but congratulations to Delegate-Elect Eileen Filler-Corn!