Senate District 037

Incumbent Delegate David Bulova has represented the 37th District since 2006. He and his wife, Gretchen, live in Fairfax County with their three children. He received his Master of Public Administration and Policy from Virginia Tech. He is also a graduate of the Sorensen Institute of Political Leadership at the University of Virginia. When not in session, Delegate Bulova works as a project manager for a local company, helping local governments and industries comply with state and federal environmental regulations.

Del. Bulova’s priorities around education include reducing class sizes and retaining and recruiting qualified teachers. As a member of the House of Delegates Education Committee, he worked to reform Virginia’s Standards of Learning and successfully introduced legislation in 2017 that promotes career and technical education opportunities. In 2020, he also sponsored the Early Childhood Care and Education Act that would work to improve early childhood education. He also voted for a 5% pay increase for teachers in 2021.

Del. Bulova considers it his responsibility to fight for the environment and renewable energy sources. He successfully sponsored legislation aimed at eliminating waste and toxins in our water and protecting it from agricultural runoff. Del. Bulova was recognized by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Virginia League of Conservation Voters for championing the environment. In 2020, he voted for the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which commits the state to 100% renewable energy by 2050.

Del. Bulova prioritizes making access to healthcare affordable to all Virginians. He cast a crucial vote in expanding Medicaid to nearly 750,000 Virginians in 2018. He voted to lower the cost of prescription medicine by capping the cost of insulin at $50. He also voted to create a state-run health insurance marketplace exchange. The exchange would focus mostly on enrolling uninsured or underinsured residents who aren’t covered by an employer-provided health plan.

Delegate Bulova is a strong supporter of equality throughout the Commonwealth. He voted for the Virginia Values Act, which prohibits discrimination in employment and housing along the lines of sexual orientation and gender identity. He also supports abortion access and voted to repeal medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion providers in 2020. Additionally, he supported making health insurance plans with abortion coverage available on the state marketplace exchange.

Del. Bulova is being challenged by Republican candidate Almira Mohammed. Mohoammed wants to use her platform to increase police funding, despite their ongoing failing efforts to establish peace and deesculate dangerous situations. She also opposes accurate history teaching in schools, pledging to fight to instate legislation with limited partisan politics being imposed on students. She also supports gun-rights and opposes common sense gun laws making her a dangerous choice for the Commonwealth.

Due to his support of the environment, public education, healthcare, abortion access and equality, Delegate David Bulova is the most progressive choice in this race.

Incumbent Delegate Marcus Simon is a lifelong resident of Fairfax County who has represented the 53rd District in the House of Delegates since 2014. He earned a bachelor's degree from New York University and earned his law degree from American University. Since obtaining his law degree, he has worked as a real estate attorney and served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps. He currently lives in Fairfax with his wife and two children.

As chair of the Privileges and Elections Committee, Simon worked to ensure easy and fair access to our elections. In 2020, he helped pass legislation that established no-excuse absentee voting in Virginia. He also helped expand access to satellite voting sites, early voting, and Sunday voting. He supports the restoration of voting rights to returning citizens. He is also a strong advocate for campaign finance reform and has regularly introduced a bill to prohibit campaign funds from being used for personal use, though it has failed to pass the legislature.

Simon supported marijuana legalization and sees it as beneficial to the economy, healthcare, and criminal justice system. As a delegate, he’s worked to ensure all Virginians benefit from marijuana legalization. He advocated to ensure tax revenue from marijuana sales goes to important causes, including public education, substance abuse programs, and public health organizations. He supported legislation establishing the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board and Fund, which puts tax money back into communities disproportionately affected by drug enforcement laws.

Simon has also worked to preserve the environment. He voted for the Virginia Clean Economy Act to reduce Virginia’s use of fossil fuels. He supported a program to assist school boards in purchasing electric school buses as well as provide a rebate to those who buy electric vehicles. He also supported a requirement for car producers to sell a certain percentage of electric or hybrid cars. He has also worked to make sustainable transportation options safer and easier, such as voting for a bill to require drivers to change lanes when passing bicyclists.

Simon has advocated for working families as well. He voted for a bill to require certain Virginia businesses to provide paid sick leave to their employees. He also voted for a bill increase the minimum wage and the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, which provides protections for employees like nannies and housekeepers. He supported the Virginia Values Act, which protects workers from discrimination based on race, sex, national origin or sexual orientation.

Simon is being challenged by Libretarian candidate Dave Crance. Crance is an Army veteran and the Regional Manager of a hotel chain who builds his platform on the issues of lowering taxes, which defunds safety net programs and school education. He wants tax cuts for small businesses and businessowners, and believes in establishing term limits for politicians.

Due to his support for voting rights, the environment, criminal justice reform, and working families, Delegate Simon is the most progressive choice for Virginia’s 53rd District.