Ryan Sawyers

Ryan Sawyers was the at-large representative on the Prince William County School Board in Virginia. He won the seat in the general election on November 3, 2015, and he served until his resignation on March 7, 2018. Sawyers said he resigned due to personal and professional reasons.[1][2]

Sawyers was a 2018 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Virginia.[3] Sawyers dropped out of the race in February 2018.[4]

An effort to recall Sawyers was started in November 2016. On their official recall petition, the Prince William Committee for Quality Education said that Sawyers had misused his position, discriminated against district administrators, and tried to change sports policies to favor a specific organization. Sawyers called the recall effort silly and said speeches made by the committee members were, in his words, "political theater." Others said the effort against him was political backlash after Sawyers, a Democrat, won a seat that was previously held by Republicans.[5]