Hijacked: How a Tiny Minority Seized Power in Warren County

To the People of Warren County- Republicans, Independents, and Democrats alike:

This isn’t about party. It’s about power and how a small, organized group is quietly taking it while the rest of us are left in the dark.

I want to be clear: most people affiliated with Christendom College aren’t the problem. Many are good neighbors who live here, work here, and don’t try to force their beliefs on anyone. But a specific faction tied to Christendom and driven by a rigid, fundamentalist agenda is moving fast to reshape Warren County into something unrecognizable.

They makeup just 1.25% of our population, yet now control nearly 70% of all elected offices, appointed boards, and commissions in this county, including:

• 80% of the Board of Supervisors
• 100% of the Audit & Finance Committee
• 100% of the newly appointed Library Board
• A growing block on the School Board, pushing policies that reflect their ideology
• A majority of the Town Planning Commission, where zoning decisions are increasingly made among insiders
• Even seats on the Department of Social Services Board

They’re trying to buy the old Town Hall to expand their network of private religious schools while defunding our public ones. They built a $35 million chapel while their sewage plant continues polluting the Shenandoah River. They’re backing candidates with no real-world experience, no public service record, and no qualifications – just Christendom ties and loyalty to the agenda.

They’ve taken over the Warren County Republican Committee, not through community engagement, but by signing up about 80 new members, just enough to seize control. Most showed up to vote in Christendom-backed leadership, then disappeared.

They’ve been handing out “Republican sample ballots” for years, fooling well-meaning voters into thinking their candidates reflect conservative values. They don’t. These aren’t traditional Republicans. They don’t believe in smaller government or personal liberty. They believe in censorship, control, and conformity.

And while they’re busy consolidating power, you won’t see them volunteering, supporting local events, or working alongside their neighbors. They don’t show up because they only serve each other.

They’ve come for your library. They’ve come for your school board.

If you believe in freedom to read what you want, raise your family how you want, worship (or not) how you want – they are not on your side.

Meanwhile, longtime Republicans are walking away, watching their party get hijacked by people who never cared about this community, they just want the rest of us to live by their rules. Warren County doesn’t belong to 1.25% of radical newcomers. It belongs to all of us. If you care about freedom – real freedom – it’s time to take it back.

Vote for Hugh Henry in the Fork District. Vote for Tony Carter in Happy Creek.

This primary is the last chance to stop the total takeover.

Lynn Urban
Front Royal, VA

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