Summary
Current Position: Local elected office in Loudoun County for 10 years
Former Positions: Newsletter publisher and business owner
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: Senate District 37
Kenneth Reid served ten years as a councilmember and supervisor in Loudoun County, VA, outside Washington, DC-one of the fastest-growing communities in the US. A Republican, he won election in a blue-leaning community, Leesburg, never losing an election in four tries. Reid also has assisted numerous other candidates to win office using many of the strategies and organization efforts in this book.
By profession, he is a publisher who has written about the biomedical industries since the Reagan administration, served as a grassroots PR consultant in the transportation realm and currently works as a technical writer in the Hampton Roads area.
His master’s degree is in journalism from the University of Missouri and undergrad degree in political science from Rutgers. As such, he has superior marketing, media and political skills to help other candidates win and navigate working in local elected office.
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News
In recent weeks, a number of TV commercials have appeared, notably on conservative-leaning “Fox News” and “Fox Business News,” urging votes for the “Common Sense Team” in the June 20 primary election in Fairfax County.
These slick ads make no mention that all three candidates are Democrats and there is NO Republican Primary on June 20. They are paid for by Chap Petersen for Senate.
The June 20 primary is an “open primary” meaning any registered voter can vote.
Mr. Petersen clearly fears defeat because liberal Democrat voters are abandoning him for challenger Saddam Salim, largely for killing a ban on semi-automatic rifles in Virginia. Chap is clearly mining for votes among Republican voters with these ads on conservative news channels, calling himself the “People’s Senator.”
About
- 10 year tenure in local elected office in Loudoun County; undefeated in four elections in “blue” Leesburg
- Newsletter publisher and business owner (1991 to 2021) and technical writer for U.S. military training efforts
- Member, Landlord-Tenant Commission of Fairfax County
- Past member, Northern Virginia Regional Commission, Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, Northern Va. Workforce Investment Board, Metro Washington Council of Governments-Region Forward Coalition (Virginia vice chair in 2015)
- Served as liasion to numerous town boards and commissions involving architectural review, economic development, environment and traffic safety
- Author, “The 6 Secrets to Winning Any Local Election – and Navigating Elected Office Once You Win!: A Step-by-Step Guide to Campaigning and Serving in Public Office (see below or click here:)
- Orthodox Jew; attend Chabad in Fairfax, Tysons and Herndon regularly, and study Torah evenings * Father of twins, James and Lara, who graduated Flint Hill
- B.A. Rutgers in political science and Espanol; M.A. University of Missouri School of Journalism; web development certification from George Mason University
- Resident of Mclean (Tysons Corner)
Senate District 37 map
Contact
Email: Office
Web Links
Videos
Ken Reid Virginia State Senate candidate kickoff speech in Vienna “Govt. can solve problems!”
September 8, 2023 (11:07)
By: Ken Reid
In his kickoff to be the state senator for District 37 in Fairfax County, Ken Reid notes the need to get Democrats, Independents and Republicans to vote for him based on “problem solving,” not divisive culture war issues that dominate the national media. Ken is a conservative who won four elections to local office in a “blue” district in Loudoun County.
In the speech, he stresses the need for rebate or reduction in tolls on I-66 and I 495, improving student performance — noting most Fairfax County high schools have declining SAT scores, and elementary schools declining SOLs — developing partnerships with business to get 14 and 15 year old kids at risk of becoming criminals to get job and mentoring skills; expanding community health centers to enable Medicaid and poor persons to have access to doctors, and pay for obesity drugs and gastric bypass surgery to cut down on obesity, which is a leading cause of heart disease and other ailments that cost the health care system dearly. visit www.kenreid.org
Former Rep. Tom Davis (Va 11th) and Sen. JeanneMarie Davis on electing Ken Reid to State Senate 37th
September 7, 2023 (07:07)
By: Ken Reid
The former Congressmember and Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors says Democrats have “a candidate who will be an embarrassment; Republicans have a candidate who will be a leader.” Davis mentions Ken’s pragmatic accomplishments over a 20 year career, 10 years of which serving in municipal elected office in Loudoun. Both he and his wife are residents of the 37th District Former Sen. and Del. JeanneMarie Devolites Davis, who represented much of the district Ken is running in now, said: “I just cant imagine being represented by his opponent. He’s very nice as a person, but I like to call them ‘regressives’ because there isn’t much Progressive in what they say. He’s very socialist in what he is saying and is not something we need in our country or in Northern Virginia. I think the Democrats will have a challenge in their caucus with him.”
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