1. Jim LeMunyon is running for the Virginia House of Delegates seat in the 67th district of Virginia. The responsibilities of a delegate are to work on the legislative branch and create laws for the state. The House shares legislative power with the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly and the Virginia Senate and cooperate on the legislation of our state. In the House, some members have larger roles such as Majority Leader, Minority Leader or Speaker of the House. Jim LeMunyon does not have one of those higher roles and is only running for reelection of the role he is already in.

2. Jim LeMunyon’s top three issues covered in his platform and campaign promises have to do with transportation, education and veterans. Jim LeMunyon wants to help reduce the traffic in Northern Virginia and to achieve that, he wants to widen I-66 inside and outside the Beltway. He also is against the tolls being placed on I-66. LeMunyon believes that education is very important and wants to improve it. He is working on increasing state funding for schools to increase teacher pay and making class sizes smaller so students will have more interaction with their teachers. LeMunyon strongly believes in supporting veterans and was for the recent amendment to the Virginia Constitution which makes disabled veterans exempt from paying local property tax.

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Jim LeMunyon is running against democrat Karrie Delaney. Karrie Delaney touches on some of the same issues as Jim LeMunyon, but also supports some different ones such as Women’s Equality, Health and Human Service and Virginia Seniors. From the latest poll, Delaney is beating LeMunyon by 98,627 votes. This is going to be a very close race and will be hard to predict who will win until the actual