Arthur Purves

Arthur Purves and his late wife, Carol, moved to Vienna in 1976 and raised two children who attended Fairfax County public schools.¹ He became a familiar school volunteer as president of his son's lacrosse boosters at Marshall High School and his daughter's crew boosters at Thomas Jefferson High School.¹

Purves grew up in Washington and earned undergraduate and business degrees at the University of Pennsylvania.¹ He worked as a computer programmer for forty years before retirement.¹ His volunteer work includes teaching English and basic computing to people learning English, and he holds an amateur radio license.¹

He has led the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance for twenty nine years and regularly attends county and school budget proceedings.¹ His local service includes school advisory committees, the county's meals tax task force and the Hunter Mill Citizen Budget Committee.¹

Purves supports lower taxes and school vouchers, and argues that nutrition and disease prevention should be central to reducing federal healthcare spending.¹ He is challenging Democratic incumbent James Walkinshaw, with Green candidate Dianne Blais also running.² This is the first regular House election since Walkinshaw won the 2025 special election to finish the late Gerry Connolly's term.³