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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Please name my school board/city council fantasy football league team name. Assuming you can do better than Pretend Sportsball Team.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

OF COURSE we want to celebrate the 106th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which, coupled with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, gave American women the vote! And at the world’s only menstrual health boutique, OBVIOUSLY. Now I need mocktail recs! And your RSVP: msmoxiesmoonshop.com/products/moc...

Invitation (addressed to Bluesky) for Councilwoman Sandy Marks’s Women’s Equality Day celebration at Ms. Moxie’s Moon Shop—Wed, August 26, 6-7:30. Image of Alexandrians gathered for a photo.

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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

You know that bad July jobs report? Turns out it was 100% due to women leaving the workforce. I read this as a random comment and didn’t believe it until I went to the source. Why isn’t THIS more talked about??? (Rhetorical, we all know the answer) nwlc.org/press-releas...

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July Jobs Report: Women Accounted for 100 Percent of the Labor Force Decline - National Women's Law Center

WASHINGTON — Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center jobs analysis of monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Th...

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

3HRS IN UNDER 3MINS! Here are Council meeting highlights: proclamations, school board $/election reform, waterfront bathrooms(!), Duke St land use early stage planning you’ll 💕, SRO MOU, + GO ALEX strategic planning w some nice features for all ages (e-bike incentives + free Metro bus for students)!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#alxskeets I keep accidentally not posting here—do you want to know that I’m at NOVA Labor? See the ALX little league grazing board alluring enough to hit up after an 11.5 hour public hearing? Know what books I’m reading? This ain’t meta—do you want meta content?

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Sat AM, joined DRBA and Councilman Chapman in celebrating 2 small businesses on the Ave! Investing in your dream, signing a lease, offering up yourself up to the community with your livelihood at stake—it’s no small thing. Congrats to Lifestyle + Performance Fitness & the Department of Beer + Wine!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It’s almost midnight on the first day of the work week—so let’s talk a terrible lasagna, scheduling overload, hipster Hotmail addresses, and why we may need to send a search party for the bottom of Sandy’s inbox! Goodnight, Alexandria—can’t wait for tomorrow!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Here’s Sandy’s morning brag about ALX’s board members and commissioners, in general—but also specifically Marta Schantz and the Environmental Policy Commission, who held their retreat today. The expertise in that room, being put to work for our city in the name of altruism and civic duty—remarkable!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Thank you, Alexandrians—this is the greatest city in the world because YOU are here! I can’t wait to get to work for you on Alexandria City Council! Let’s go! - Sandy

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

LET’S GOOOOOOO! Rep Beyer, Sen EBP, Ldr Herring, Del McPike, Jon and Sandy and the whole Dem team are out this morning, knocking doors and talking to voters! We’re voting YES! For the amendment—and for housing affordability, public schools, climate action, protecting our immigrant + LGBTQ neighbors!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

✅ IAFF LOCAL 2141 FIREFIGHTERS ENDORSE SANDY ✅ We are proud to stand with firefighters for fair wages, safe working conditions, livable hours, and affordable housing for working people! Thanks, firefighters! Proud to have you on the team!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We’re focused up, eyes on the prize, hydrated, and ready to go over here at Sandy for the City! Onward! LFG! Come out and knock with us—9am on Sat @ Evening Star w Beyer, EBP, Herring + McPike! Sun @ 9:15 with Beyer + Wes Moore! Or sign up to work the polls at AlexDEMS.org

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

SOMEONE SHOULD REALLY DO SOMETHING! (psssst: we are all someone) Choose your own knocking adventure—and also come to HiFi on Monday after work! What started as just a fundraiser has turned into a party. COME! RSVP for headcount: secure.actblue.com/donate/sipan...

Sandy and Congressman Beyer want you to canvass in Cameron on Sunday at noon!

Sandy, EBP, Delegate Herring, and congressman Beyer all want you to canvass with them next Saturday at 9 AM! Meet at the front porch at 2000 Mount Vernon Ave.

Come have a drink with the whole team on Monday after work! Hi-fi, behind evening star, 5 to 7 PM.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

It’s the first day of weekend voting! And mannnn those I Voted stickers look good on you! If you weren’t one of the 1,000+ people who voted today vote early tomorrow, Sun 11AM-3PM! You know what to do, team! For complete early voting hours, check the link in bio or visit sandyforthecity.com/vote

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

You’re resilient and compassionate and turn problems into progress, Alexandria. At the end of this day, I’m exhausted and inspired—and THIS IS THE WHY. ***There is so much to do!*** Vote by 4/21 so we can get to work!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

It’s late enough in the day, right?…right?

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

❌👑 NO KINGS IN THE USA 🇺🇸

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Let’s talk anti-ICE advocacy and how we bring people to the table to get what we want.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Alexandria’s students are bright, hopeful, and optimistic—and public schools are the place where they all belong, where their educators and families come together with a shared goal. As stewards of their future, let’s value education and make ALX a place they can afford to live their whole lives.

Sandy and fellow ACPS parent at Patrick Henry K-8 school, smiling under a handmade “Welcome Career Day Speakers” sign!

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Alex Goyette @alexgoyette.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

YIMBYs of NOVA proudly endorse @sandymarks.bsky.social for Council! Sandy understands the shortage at the root of our housing crisis, & that building homes is a key part of the solution Our Alx members voted overwhelmingly to endorse her, & are excited to elect another housing champion to Council

YIMBYs of NOVA endorse Sandy Marks for Alexandria City Council

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

✅ NOVA LABOR ENDORSES SANDY ✅ Sandy is beyond thrilled to have earned the trust and endorsement of the Northern Virginia Federation of Labor. She believes that safe working conditions, fair wages, and unionization aren’t just the right thing to do—they are civil rights.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

✅MOMS DEMAND ACTION AWARDS GUN SENSE DISTINCTION TO SANDY✅ Sandy joined Moms Demand Action in 2013 and is an unabashed gun violence prevention candidate. The Sandy for the City team encourages all Alexandrians to text READY to 644-33 and add your talent to the movement!

Sandy Marks with the Moms Demand Action gun sense distinction seal!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

On Sunday, we’re gathering friends and neighbors to raise a glass to the future of ALX—and we’d love for you to be there. Kathie Hoekstra and Kelly Johnson are co-hosting! Campaigns are built when good people coming together and say, “I’m in.” Can you make it? secure.actblue.com/donate/raise...

Delegate Alfonso Lopez, Eileen Cassidy Rivera, and Sandy Marks wearing St. Patrick’s Day green!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🔥SANDY’S MORNING WAS ON FIRE!🔥 Spent the a.m. with Plumbers & Gasfitters UA Local 5 at the training facility + learned a thing or 12! They’re training the future & lighting the way to highly skilled, good paying jobs w benefits and the kind of supportive community we want for our kids + ourselves.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

YES, EISENHOWER AVE! What’s the Sandy for the City Team doing on any given day? We’re knock knock knocking with @fairelectionsva and having a great time doing it! Come out with Sandy one of these days: sandyforthecity.com [link in bio]

Star Wars “welcome to the rebellion” doormat with Sandy for the City and Yes on referendum lit and some kickass checker vans.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

💐 Happy International Women’s Day! 🌺 Empowered women empower women, and we’re out supporting Sandy for City Council and YES! on the constitutional referendum to celebrate! Early voting is OPEN NOW! Vote by 4/21!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

✅DEL MCPIKE ENDORSES SANDY✅ “I endorse Sandy because her values are Alexandria values. On climate change, abortion access, housing & standing up for everyone in our community, she is the only candidate who will take meaningful action on the issues that matter most to Alexandrians.” - Del McPike, HD5

✅DEL KIRK MCPIKE ENDORSES SANDY✅
“I’m endorsing Sandy Marks because her values are Alexandria values. On climate change, abortion access, housing, and standing up for everyone in our community, Sandy is the only candidate who will take meaningful action on the issues that matter most to Alexandrians.” - Delegate Kirk McPike, HD5

This endorsement is incredibly meaningful. Sandy and the whole team have admired Kirk’s pragmatic and moral leadership on Council—on issues of climate, housing, reproductive freedom, and protecting our federal workers, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ neighbors from abuse by the federal government. Sandy would be proud to fill his seat on the dais. Thank you, Delegate Kirk McPike!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

It’s official! Democratic nominee’s paperwork is filed! Onward to the 4/21 election! (Vote early to get yourself off the comms lists quick! EV starts 3/6!) 🇺🇸

Sandy holding candidate filing receipt outside ALX registrar’s office. It’s official! The Democratic nominee is filed and ready for 4/21!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

G’night, y’all. See you on the other side!

Intrepid team of clear-eyed optimists, eating and drinking and steeling themselves for Election Day!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

BLUESKY, IT'S TIME TO DECIDE! We've been sharing some clips from a recent candidate forum so you can hear from me—in my own words, unscripted—where I stand on key issues. Here is where I stand on us: you and me. Tomorrow is Election Day—let's do this, together!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

✅SEN BENNETT-PARKER ENDORSES SANDY✅ “Sandy shows up for our community. From advocating for gun violence prevention to standing up for our reproductive rights to fighting for equity and access for all Alexandrians, I trust Sandy to make a meaningful difference on City Council.”@ebpforva.bsky.social

✅SEN. ELIZABETH BENNETT-PARKER ENDORSES SANDY✅
“Sandy shows up for our community.
From advocating for gun violence prevention to standing up for our reproductive rights to fighting for equity and access for all Alexandrians, I trust Sandy to make a meaningful difference on City Council.”

We are thrilled and proud to have State Senator Bennett-Parker on Sandy’s team! The work they’ve done together over the years is only the beginn

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

SANDY'S POSITION ON ICE: Sandy is committed—unequivocally—to protecting our immigrant neighbors from abuse by the federal government. That means ICE OUT OF ALEXANDRIA. Listen for more:

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

DRBA asked: If you had a magic wand, what would you change about Alexandria? Sandy's answer? EASY: Get us to net zero NOW. Sandy's got your back on climate resilience, Alexandria.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

✅ @sarahbagley.bsky.social ENDORSES SANDY✅ “Through her...work with the ADC... Sandy has heard from candidates, council members, precinct captains, and citizens just what is and isn’t working in Alexandria and how we can do better. It is that listening skill set that Sandy will bring to Council.” 🚴‍♂️

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

TREAT YO SELF to Galentine's Day with Sandy for the City—Sat, 2/14, 10am @ Stardust Vintage + Gift! Celebrating local, women-owned businesses! Amy Eggers hosting @ Stardust, sweets by Sloane Hill of Rolling Sloanes + fruit from Erin White & Mindy's Catering, bubs by Catherine Babin of Planet Wine.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

At AlexDEMS last night, standing at *Jon’s* podium to deliver a candidate announcement at the Black History Month meeting! The real honor was hearing Marie Bradby tell her family’s story—and seeing her in a Sandy for the City sticker!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

✅DEL PEPPER ENDORSES SANDY✅ Former Councilwoman, Living Legend, and Alexandria fixture Del Pepper is on Team Sandy! Folks, there is a reason why this woman has a whole building named after her! We are so grateful for her work and support!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Alllllright. I'm over here dropping all kinds of campaign info—this is not how I intended to jump into Bluesky. Someone talk nerdy to me: Star Trek anything and general sci-fi reads/watches, please.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

✅ SEN. SADDAM SALIM ENDORSES SANDY ✅ What I love about the folks endorsing me is that, of course we align on policy—but also they are full humans, and we connect outside of our prescribed lanes, supporting each other's work year-round, and respecting the paths we took to get here. So much respect.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Hellloooooo, Cameron Station! Live in CS? CS curious? Meet me at Sharon Wilkinson's place Saturday @ 4pm—Cindy Courville co-hosting. (Fun fact: They're are retired ambassadors, oppose Trump w NatSec Leaders for America—and still out-precinct captain everyone!) RSVP secure.actblue.com/donate/camer...

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Taken a look at the proposed congressional map yet? Let me VPAP so you don't have to.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Still on Tuesday night's kick-off over here: standing room-only, old friends and brand new ones, teens and toddlers—and substantive conversation about our shared values and goals for Alexandria.

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🥂We're still thinking about Tuesday night's kick-off event! Thank you to Jen Walker, Darrlynn Franklin, and Mario Velasquez for using your voices to speak up for Sandy🥂 More at: sandyforthecity.com LFG!

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

✅ DEL. ALFONSO LOPEZ ENDORSES SANDY ✅ Honored to have *you* on the team, Delegate @lopez4va.bsky.social! You make Alexandria proud! More endorsements coming soon to sandyforthecity.com

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Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

You win! Requesting permission to enter @beckyhammer.bsky.social‘s sovereign territory. #alxskeets

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