Welcome to the Page County Republican Party
PAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
I, Michael Overfelt, Chairman of the Page County Republican Committee, do hereby call a meeting of the Committee, to be held at 6:00 PM on March 25, 2025 at our headquarters at 300 West Main Street, Luray, VA. August
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Reading of the Republican Creed
6. Chairman’s Report
6a: Upcoming elections status – local and state
8. Other business
9. Adjournment
Upcoming Local elections
As many of you know, this is yet another election year in which we have to elect a Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General.
We also have several positions within the county which are either open or the incumbent’s term is ending. They are as follows:
Commonwealth Attorney – Our current Commonwealth Attorney has recently been selected for a judgeship in the 26th District. This will cause a “special election” to be held. Once announced, there will be several folks who intend to run for this position as a Republican. Because we will have multiple individuals seeking to run for the position as a Republican, this will necessitate a Page Republican Committee primary in order to select our nominee. The date for this is yet to be determined, however, it will most likely be mid to late July 2025. More to come. This primary may be mass meeting or a firehouse primary. As a “special” it has guidelines to allow the traditional process.
School Board – we have at least one confirmed seat to fill on the school board, that of the 5th District, Shenandoah. There is the potential that there may be more than one seat to fill. As the School Board positions are non-partisan, anyone who is seeking to run for an open position will be placed on the ballet in November, provided they complete the requisite petition and acquire 120 signatures (recommend 150 in case there are some not accepted) by 17 June.
The last positions are four seats on the Board of Supervisors. Three of the incumbents’ seats are coming to the end of their term, District 1 and 5 and the Chairman’s seat.
One seat, that of District 4, has to run on the ballot for election as the seat was filled by appointment due to the previous individual’s resignation. The appointment was only to complete the current term.
Anyone wishing to run for the Board of Supervisors as a Republican, must complete their petitions and deliver them to me no later than close of business, 31 March, 2025. As the Chairman of the Page GOP, I have to verify all signatures on the petitions against the VA voter rolls, which will take time. The petitions have to be delivered to the registrar by 3 April to give them time to verify all signatures in preparation for early voting, which starts 2 May. There is a filing fee to be submitted $121.35
Due to the newly adopted election process for “general” elections, multiple candidates for an office will be placed on the June Primary ballot. We will no longer have a firehouse primary for any position which has more than two individuals seeking that position, e.g. if there are two individuals seeking the Board of Supervisors seat for District 1, I will verify petitions and provide them to the Page County Registrar. Once the primary is complete, our party will them support the winner of said primary.
If there is only one individual running for a Board of Supervisor seat in a particular District, they will not be included in the primary, but only placed on the November ballot.
Attention Page County Republicans – this is a fantastic day for the Republican Party of Virginia. Our chairman, Rich Anderson, has been selected to be the new Assistant Secretary of the US Air Force. This is truly a feather in the cap of our state and party. Please join me in congratulating Rich on this outstanding achievement.
It appears that Senator Mark Peake, who many of you had the pleasure of meeting at our Lincoln/Reagan Day dinner last year, may be the next Chairman of the Virginia Republican Party.
Good things continue to happen to our state and party.
GOP Headquarters – 300 West Main St. Luray
The headquarters has signs and other merchandise available. We are asking for donations to help offset the cost of the signs and other items. Our hours of operation, at present, are: Tuesday and Thursday – 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM and Saturday – 1000 AM to 3:00 PM. Our hours will change as we get closer to Nov to provide more accessibility to our committee and those seeking Trump/Vance, Cao, and Cline signage and Republican literature. Come by and visit – if one drives by anytime other the above posted hours, and sees our OPEN flag flying, stop in for a chat or to obtain a sign.
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We’re happy you are here!
We welcome you to our website and to the Republican Party. Please join us as we continue to build a Republican party in Page County that is diverse, open and inclusive to everyone who wants to participate in our political process.
Our purpose is to promote Republican values to our members and throughout our community, and to support Republican candidates in their election campaigns.
Learn about what we do to encourage all citizens to become active in their local, state and federal government, to register to vote, and then make their voices heard at the ballot box in every election.
Meet Michael Overfelt
Chair of the Page County Republican Party
Michael has been a Republican and active supporter all his adult life, believing in the tenants of the party and supporting it goals and policies. He is a strong constitutional conservative and Christian who believes in America and its citizenry. He believes that Republicans must work together to support our country and its core values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. He believes that a critical purpose of the GOP is to select and promote qualified candidates/nominees to key positions within our local, state, and federal governing bodies. He welcomes conservatives from all walks of life to join to build and protect our Republic. (Full BIO)