Candidates to Meet With Korean-American Community

Thirty candidates for a range of public offices will gather at Luther Jackson Middle School in Fairfax to meet with voters in the Korean-American community on Thursday night.

The candidates' night, hosted by the Korean American Association of Virginia and the Korea Times, is the first of its kind in Northern Virginia, with over 30 organizations cosponsoring the event and 30 candidates who have confirmed their attendance. It also reflects the region's changing demographics: about 18 percent of Fairfax County is of Asian descent, and over 41,000 people are Korean, according to the 2010 Census. 

Candidates confirmed to attend include:

State Senate
32 Janet Howell, Patrick Forrest
34 Chap Petersen
35 Dick Saslaw, Robert Sarvis
37 Dave Marsden, Jason Flanary

House of Delagates
34 Pamela Danner Babara Comstock
36 Kenneth Plum Hugh "Mac" Cannon
37 David Bulova Brian Schoeneman
42 Jack Dobbyn

Supervisors
Chair—Sharon Bulova, Michael "Spike" Williams
Braddock—Janet Oleszek, John Cook
Dranesville—John Foust, Dennis Husch
Mason—Penelope Gross, David Feld
Providence—Linda Smyth, Christopher Grisafe

School Board (At-Large)
Ilryong Moon, Ryan McElveen, Sheree Brown-Kaplan
Ted Velkoff, Lin-Dai Kendall, Lolita Mancheno-Smoak

The 2011 Korean American Association of Virginia / The Korea Times Candidates Night takes place on Thursday, September 29, at 6 p.m., at Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road, Fairfax.