Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county is estimated to be home to 312,311 people, an 84 percent increase over the 2000 figure of 169,599. That increase makes the county the fourth...

 is divided into eight magisterial districts: Blue Ridge, Broad Run, Catoctin, Dulles, Leesburg, Potomac, Sterling, and Sugarland Run. The magisterial districts each elect one supervisor to the Board of Supervisors which governs Loudoun County. There is also a Chairman elected by the county at-large, bringing total Board membership to 9. A Vice-Chairman is selected by the Board from amongst its membership. The current Chairman is Scott K. York. The current Vice-Chairman is Susan Klimek Buckley, the Sugarland Run District Supervisor.

Responsibilities

The Board of Supervisors sets county policies, adopts ordinances, appropriates funds, approves land rezonings and special exceptions to the zoning ordinance, and carries out other responsibilities set forth by the State Code. The Board appoints a County Administrator, who manages county operations; the Planning Commission, which serves in an advisory capacity on land use issues; and various other boards and commissions. The Board of Supervisors acts within the limits set forth by the Virginia General Assembly

Virginia General Assembly

The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the oldest legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, established on July 30, 1619. The General Assembly is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Virginia House of Delegates, with 100 members,...

. The Board usually meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Board Room of the Loudoun County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E. in Leesburg.

Membership

The board is currently controlled by Democrats

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

, who have five out of the nine seats. In November 2011, the Republicans captured all nine seats on the Board. The current districts and their Supervisors are:

County Board of Supervisors

Position		Name	Party	First Election	District
	Chairman	Scott K. York	Independent	1999	At-Large
	Supervisor	Jim G. Burton	Independent	1995	Blue Ridge
	Supervisor	Lori L. Waters	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	2003	Broad Run
	Supervisor	Sally R. Kurtz	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	1999	Catoctin
	Supervisor	Stevens R. Miller	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	2007	Dulles
	Supervisor	C. Kelly Burk	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	2007	Leesburg
	Supervisor	Andrea C. McGimsey	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	2007	Potomac
	Supervisor	Eugene Delgaudio Eugene Delgaudio Eugene Delgaudio is an American social conservative figure who currently represents the Sterling District on the Loudoun County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors. He is also the executive director of the conservative non-profit organization . According to the Washington Post, "Delgaudio has become a...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	1999	Sterling
	Supervisor	Susan Klimek Buckley	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	2007	Sugarland Run

External links

• Official Website of Loudoun County Government