Herndon dentist Dr. Ibraheem Samirah, left, waits to be introduced by Martina Leinz, president of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence at a candlelight vigil held Feb. 14 to pay their respects to 17 people killed and 17 injured Valentine’s Day 2018 at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Falls Church activist, Kris Gregory, of the Concerned Citizens Against Gun Violence holds a protest sign for participants. Samirah won the Feb. 19 special election for Virginia House of Delegates District 86 and filled the unexpired term of Virginia Sen. Jennifer B. Boysko (D-District 33).