Vienna Town Council Member Won't Seek Reelection

PHOTO: Edythe Frankel Kelleher, Vienna Town Council member; official photo

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VIENNA, VA -- Vienna Town Council Member Edythe Frankel Kelleher recently announced that she won’t be seeking another term on the Vienna Town Council.

After serving on the council for the past 14 years, she said Tuesday that “it’s somebody else’s turn” to serve on the Council. Kelleher noted that she also plans to concentrate on her career at the Southeast Fairfax Development Corporation, where she is executive director.

Kelleher’s Town Council seat, as well as the Mayor’s position and two other Council Member seats are up for election this year. Mayor Laurie DiRocco and Council Members Linda Colbert and Pashda Majdi have all said they will seek re-election, according to the February Town of Vienna newsletter.

In addition to the incumbents running for office, three Vienna residents have reportedly stepped forward to run for a seat on the Council (residents have until March 1 to file petitions with 125 signatures):

• Doug Noble, a member of the Town of Vienna Planning Commission
• Craig Burns, lead pastor at Vienna Assembly of God
• Roy Baldwin, founder of The Baldwin Law Firm

No one has yet to announce a run against DiRocco for Mayor.

The top three vote-getters in the May 3 election will take three seats on the Town Council. 

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