Sizemore Heizer elected to the Board of Supervisors

Rachna Sizemore Heizer easily won a special election on Dec. 9 for the Braddock seat on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.

Sizemore Heizer, a Democrat, got 66.99 percent of the vote, the Virginia Department of Elections reported. Her Republican opponent, Ken Balbuena, got 29.91 percent, and Carey Chet Campbell, an independent, got 2.85 percent. A total of 15,839 votes were counted.

Sizemore Heizer currently represents the Braddock District on the School Board.

She will complete the term of former supervisor James Walkinshaw, who was elected to Congress. The swearing-in ceremony for the Board of Supervisors is scheduled for Dec. 16.

Sizemore Heizer defeated three other candidates in a Democratic Primary on Oct. 5.

Related story: Braddock candidates lay out their vision for Fairfax County

At a candidate forum on Oct. 15, Sizemore Heizer said she would push for increased funding from the state, diversifying Fairfax County’s tax base and economy, protecting immigrants, and preserving as much of Lake Accotink as possible. She opposes a casino in Tysons.

Among other priorities listed on her website: providing more affordable housing, expanding services for seniors and people with disabilities, improving Braddock Road, renovating the Audrey Moore Rec Center, and repurposing empty commercial spaces.

A former corporate lawyer, Sizemore Heizer is the program coordinator and a lecturer for the Human Resource Development Program at Texas Tech University. She was born in the U.S. to parents who immigrated from India.

A timeline hasn’t been set for filling the Braddock seat on the school board. Two candidates have already announced plans to seek endorsement from the Fairfax County Democratic Committee: Tom Dannan, a former PTA president at Terra Centre Elementary School, and Alexa Krezel, president of the Woodson Orchestra Boosters and former member of the FCPS Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee.