Key Facts
Background
Puneet Ahluwalia graduated with a BA from Delhi University. He currently works as a consultant with The Livingston Group and as a managing partner with New World Strategies and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of HummingBirds Consulting LLC, as First Vice Chairman of the Fairfax County Republican Committee, and as a member of the State Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. Additionally, he is Chief Operating Officer of the Center For Prison Reform. He was appointed by former President Trump to his Asian Pacific American Advisory Committee [2, 3, 4, 5, 6].
Key Issues
Budget
Ahluwalia does not support pay raises for the members of the Board of Supervisors, nor does he support increasing property taxes [1].
Economy
Ahluwalia wants regulations to be kept at a minimum. He wants to create jobs through policies such as lowering taxes on businesses and expanding broadband to rural areas [5].
Education
Ahluwalia wants to ensure more accountability from the Fairfax County School District, give parents a greater role in their children’s education, pressure underperforming schools, and increase transparency from the school board; he also wants to put more police officers in schools to ensure students’ safety. Ahluwalia wants to focus more on vocational education and put less emphasis on standardized testing. He opposes the teaching of critical race theory [1].
Environment
Ahluwalia wants to preserve green space [1].
Law Enforcement
Ahluwalia wants to increase the police force and train the police better [1].
Mental Health
Ahluwalia wants to invest in mental health support to combat the growing mental health crisis [5].
Endorsements
Fairfax Republicans
Sources
1 Puneet for Families
2 The Livingston Group
3 LinkedIn
4 Center For Prison Reform
5 Charlottesville Tomorrow
6 NRIInternet
7 VPAP