Ryan McElveen
2024 - Present
2028
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Ryan McElveen is an at-large member of the Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. He assumed office on January 1, 2024. His current term ends on January 1, 2028.
McElveen ran for election for an at-large seat of the Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Biography
McElveen obtained a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University. He works as the assistant director of the John L. Thornton China Center at The Brookings Institution.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia, elections (2023)
General election
General election for Fairfax County Public Schools, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Fairfax County Public Schools, At-large on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ryan McElveen (Nonpartisan) | 19.9 | 169,203 |
| ✔ |  | Ilryong Moon (Nonpartisan) | 19.6 | 166,706 |
| ✔ |  | Kyle McDaniel (Nonpartisan)  | 19.2 | 163,884 |
 | Saundra Davis (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 97,906 | |
 | Maureen Brody (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 90,288 | |
 | Cassandra Aucoin (Nonpartisan) | 10.4 | 88,478 | |
 | Linda Ann Pellegrino (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 27,136 | |
 | Ahmed Hussein (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 23,916 | |
 | Peter Gabor (Nonpartisan) | 2.5 | 21,516 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 3,064 | ||
| Total votes: 852,097 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Hamid Munir (Nonpartisan)
- Abrar Omeish (Nonpartisan)
- Lawrence Webb (Nonpartisan)
- Chris Lewis (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
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McElveen received the following endorsements.
- State Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D)
- State Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn (D)
- Fairfax County, Va., Democratic Party
- Fairfax County Federation of Teachers
- Fairfax Education Association
- Blue Virginia
- CASA in Action
- Everytown for Gun Safety
- Fairfax County Public Schools Pride
- Sierra Club Virginia
- Matt Royer - Va. Young Dems Pres.
- Bryan Scrafford - Frmr. Fairfax Dem. Party officer
- David Walrod - Fairfax Cnty. Federation of Teachers Pres.
Pledges
McElveen signed the following pledges.
2019
Ryan McElveen did not file to run for re-election.
2015
The Fairfax County School Board is a 12-member board elected to serve four-year terms. Three seats are elected at large and nine seats are elected by district.[2] All 12 seats were on the ballot on November 3, 2015.
At-large incumbents Ryan McElveen, Ilryong Moon and Ted Velkoff faced Robert Copeland, Omar Fateh, Jeanette Hough, Manar Jean-Jacques, Peter Marchetti and Burnette Scarboro for three seats. While Moon and McElveen won re-election, Velkoff was defeated, placing fourth to challenger Hough.
Braddock District incumbent Megan McLaughlin, Hunter Mill District incumbent Pat Hynes and Providence District incumbent Patricia Reed faced Katherine Pettigrew, Mark Wilkinson and Dalia Palchik, respectively. Dranesville District incumbent Jane Strauss competed against challenger Peter Kurzenhauser. McLaughlin, Hynes, and Strauss won re-election; the fourth incumbent, Reed, lost to Palchik.
The races for both the Mount Vernon District and Sully District seats featured newcomers after neither incumbent filed for re-election. Karen Corbett Sanders defeated W. Anthony Stacy in the Mount Vernon race, while Karen Keys-Gamarra lost to Thomas Wilson in the Sully District race. Lee District incumbent Tamara Derenak Kaufax, Mason District incumbent Sandra Evans and Springfield District incumbent Elizabeth Schultz all ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats.
Results
| Fairfax County School Board, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ilryong Moon Incumbent |
17.2% | 84,364 |
| Ryan McElveen Incumbent |
17.0% | 83,160 |
| Jeanette Hough |
16.3% | 80,035 |
| Ted Velkoff Incumbent | 15.3% | 74,948 |
| Robert Copeland | 15.2% | 74,454 |
| Manar Jean-Jacques | 11.6% | 57,043 |
| Peter Marchetti | 2.6% | 12,809 |
| Omar Fateh | 2.3% | 11,062 |
| Burnette Scarboro | 2.2% | 10,676 |
| Write-in votes | 0.3% | 1,458 |
| Total Votes | 490,009 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 3, 2015 | ||
Funding
McElveen reported $36,493.44 in contributions and $28,939.33 in expenditures to the Virginia State Board of Elections, which left his campaign with $7,554.11 on hand as of October 28, 2015.[3]
Endorsements
McElveen received official endorsements for his campaign from the Fairfax County Democratic Party, Fairfax County Federation of Teachers, Fairfax Education Association PAC and The Washington Post.[4][5][6][7]
2011
| Fairfax County Public Schools, At-Large General Election 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Ilryong Moon Incumbent |
17.9% | 92,553 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ryan McElveen |
16.9% | 87,150 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ted Velkoff |
16.5% | 85,294 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sheree Brown-Kaplan | 15.8% | 81,549 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lolita Mancheno-Smoak | 13.5% | 69,935 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lin-Dai Kendall | 12.2% | 63,119 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steven Stuban | 7.2% | 37,456 | |
| Total Votes | 517,056 | |||
| Source: Fairfax County, Virginia, "Official Returns," accessed July 22, 2015 | ||||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Other survey responses
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- League of Women Voters
- Patch
- Fairfax Democrats
- ACLU Fairfax, 4PublicEducation, Stand and Deliver Virginia
2015
Candidate website
McElveen's campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:
| “ |
As a life-long resident of Fairfax County, a product of its schools, and a strong believer that strengthening America's public education system is the key to our collective future, I am proud to represent all residents of Fairfax County on the School Board and work every day to ensure that the next generation is offered the best public education our nation can provide. From my days as a Marshall High School student petitioning to have stall doors installed in the men's restrooms to my time at the University of Virginia leading campaigns for an internationalized curriculum, I've sought to ensure that the next generation of Virginians continues to be afforded a well-rounded education--an education comprising world-class academics and the opportunity to participate in the sports, foreign language, career-tech and visual and performing arts programs for which Fairfax County is renowned. Join me in renewing the promise for our future. [8] |
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| —Ryan McElveen, (2015), [9] | ||
About the district
- See also: Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia
Fairfax County Public Schools is located in northeast Virginia in Fairfax County. The county seat of Fairfax County is Fairfax. This county was home to 1,137,538 residents in 2014, according to estimates by the United States Census Bureau.[10] In the 2012-2013 school year, Fairfax County Public Schools was the largest school district in Virginia and served 180,616 students.[11]
Demographics
Fairfax County outperformed the rest of Virginia in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 58.6 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 35.2 percent for Virginia as a whole. The median household income in Fairfax County was $110,292, compared to $63,907 for the state. The poverty rate was 5.9 percent, compared to 11.3 percent for the entire state.[10]
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Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Recent news
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ryan for School Board, "Ryan's Biography," accessed October 14, 2015
- ↑ Fairfax County Public Schools, "School Board: Overview," May 14, 2015
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Fairfax Democrats, "2015 Elections: Your Candidates," accessed October 9, 2015
- ↑ Fairfax County Federation of Teachers, "2015 FCFT School Board Candidate Endorsements," accessed October 9, 2015
- ↑ Inside NoVA, "Fairfax Education Association PAC makes political endorsements," September 10, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "For Fairfax School Board," October 25, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ryan for School Board, "Home," accessed October 14, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 United States Census Bureau, "Fairfax County, Virginia," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 9, 2015
