Political newcomer John Slokovitz said he registered as a Republican candidate to challenge Jim Icenhour for the Board of Supervisors’ seat from Jamestown District.
Slokovitz said he still needs 60 verified signatures on his petition, which he expects to gather in door to door canvassing this weekend. He said he needs a total of 125 verified signatures.
“I’m trying to give people a choice” in the election, he said.
The 79-year-old Icenhour, a Democrat, was unopposed in the 2021 election and won with 60% of the vote against his Republican opponent in 2017. He was elected as chair of the Board of Supervisors by the other members last month.
Slokovitz, 45, moved to Virginia from New York in 2017. He and his wife live in the Windsor Forest neighborhood and have four children aged 5 to 9.
He is a former union plumber who now has his own business, JCR Plumbing and More LLC.
Slokovitz has never run for office and is still formulating his campaign strateg…