County

Arlington County Board

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 3
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The five-member County Board, elected at large, sets Arlington County's budget and tax rates, adopts ordinances, decides land-use cases and appoints the county manager.

Ranked-choice voting: voters may rank up to 3 candidates in order of preference; one candidate will be elected.

Candidates Compare by issue

Audrey R. Clement

No party listed

Civic activist; former statistical programmer

The gist

Supports cutting the county budget to lower the tax burden.
Proposes recruiting New York businesses to fill vacant offices.
Supports restoring police contact with ICE on felony suspects.
Opposes Missing Middle housing; seeks renovation tax credit.
Supports strict Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act enforcement.
Supports aligning APS student-teacher ratios with peers to cut costs.
Supports lower e-bike speed limits and more enforcement.

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Supports cutting the county budget to lower the tax burden.
County Board candidates debate tax burdens, housing and e-bikes at first debate
Debate / forum transcript · ARLnow · arlnow.com
“find ways to cut the $1.7 billion annual county budget and reduce the overall tax burden on residents”
Proposes recruiting New York businesses to fill vacant offices.
Clement for County Board: Issues
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Audrey Clement · audreyclement.com
“Arlington County could reduce its office vacancy rate by encouraging New York businesses to relocate here.”
Supports restoring police contact with ICE on felony suspects.
Clement for County Board: Issues
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Audrey Clement · audreyclement.com
“If elected I am going to lobby to restore Section 7 of the County’s Trust Policy … which authorized police to contact ICE about illegal immigrants wanted or arrested for felony offenses, terrorism, human trafficking and gang activity”
Opposes Missing Middle housing; seeks renovation tax credit.
Clement for County Board: Issues
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Audrey Clement · audreyclement.com
“If elected I will lobby the Board to scrap Missing Middle as a non-solution to the housing affordability crisis … call for restoring the tax credit for renovation of market rate affordable apartments that was revoked by County Board in 2020”
Supports strict Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act enforcement.
Clement for County Board: Issues
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Audrey Clement · audreyclement.com
“I will insist upon strict enforcement of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (CBPA)”
Supports aligning APS student-teacher ratios with peers to cut costs.
Clement for County Board: Issues
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Audrey Clement · audreyclement.com
“APS can reduce costs by bringing its student/teacher ratio in line with that of its peers.”
Supports lower e-bike speed limits and more enforcement.
County Board candidates debate tax burdens, housing and e-bikes at first debate
Debate / forum transcript · ARLnow · arlnow.com
“People don’t need to walk, run or ride in fear of their lives … pressing for lower e-bike speed limits and greater enforcement”

David P. Sisson

No party listed

Arlington renter; first-time candidate

The gist

Supports denser transit-corridor housing and ending parking minimums.
Supports lifting building height limits between Metro stations.
Supports allowing accessory dwelling units on existing lots.
Proposes lower business tax rates to fill vacant offices.
Supports lowering the recently increased meals tax.
Supports limiting technology use in schools.
Supports improving ART bus service between North and South Arlington.

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Supports denser transit-corridor housing and ending parking minimums.
Policy | David Sisson for Arlington
Campaign website · Friends of David Sisson · davidsisson4arlington.com
“We need to increase dense housing developments along our transit corridors by reducing zoning restrictions, streamlining permit and design approvals, and eliminating parking minimums.”
Supports lifting building height limits between Metro stations.
Housing Policy | David Sisson for Arlington
Campaign website · Friends of David Sisson · davidsisson4arlington.com
“Abandon the rules that limit building height between Metro stations.”
Supports allowing accessory dwelling units on existing lots.
Housing Policy | David Sisson for Arlington
Campaign website · Friends of David Sisson · davidsisson4arlington.com
“Anyone in Arlington who wants to expand housing on their own land, should be able to.”
Proposes lower business tax rates to fill vacant offices.
Policy | David Sisson for Arlington
Campaign website · Friends of David Sisson · davidsisson4arlington.com
“I would like to lower business tax rates to give businesses stability and incentive to fill out our vacant office buildings.”
Supports lowering the recently increased meals tax.
Policy | David Sisson for Arlington
Campaign website · Friends of David Sisson · davidsisson4arlington.com
“I would also like to lower the meals tax that was recently increased.”
Supports limiting technology use in schools.
Policy | David Sisson for Arlington
Campaign website · Friends of David Sisson · davidsisson4arlington.com
“Ban as much technology as possible in schools.”
Supports improving ART bus service between North and South Arlington.
Policy | David Sisson for Arlington
Campaign website · Friends of David Sisson · davidsisson4arlington.com
“the ART bus system needs to be optimized better for intra-Arlington transit North to South”

Matthew D. "Matt" de Ferranti

No party listedIncumbent

Arlington County Board chair; attorney

The gist

Supports the 2026 real estate tax increase for public safety.
Supports converting vacant office buildings to housing.
Proposes adding district-based seats to the County Board.
Supports more regulation of e-bikes for safety.
Supports ending Arlington's use of Flock cameras.
Opposes recent federal immigration sweeps in Northern Virginia.

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Supports the 2026 real estate tax increase for public safety.
De Ferranti touts resiliency efforts, defends tax hike in State of the County remarks
News coverage · ARLnow · arlnow.com
“I’m keenly aware that we raised taxes … most of the extra funding was going toward public-safety initiatives”
Supports converting vacant office buildings to housing.
County Board candidates debate tax burdens, housing and e-bikes at first debate
Debate / forum transcript · ARLnow · arlnow.com
“That’s exactly what we should be doing”
Proposes adding district-based seats to the County Board.
County Board candidates divided over views on ICE, parking permit changes
Debate / forum transcript · ARLnow · arlnow.com
“his proposal to change the makeup of the County Board from five at-large members to three at-large and three district-based members, plus a countywide chair”
Supports more regulation of e-bikes for safety.
County Board candidates debate tax burdens, housing and e-bikes at first debate
Debate / forum transcript · ARLnow · arlnow.com
“We have to regulate more to protect safety”
Supports ending Arlington's use of Flock cameras.
County Board votes to end Arlington’s use of Flock cameras
News coverage · ARLnow · arlnow.com
“This decision reflects concerns raised by Arlington residents regarding the use of Flock technology”
Opposes recent federal immigration sweeps in Northern Virginia.
County Board candidates divided over views on ICE, parking permit changes
Debate / forum transcript · ARLnow · arlnow.com
“That’s not safe, that’s not wise — it doesn’t promote public safety … We cannot interfere”

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