By Aileen Streng

Published: May 4, 2008

Voters in Prince William County's four towns as well as in the City of Manassas will head to the polls Tues-day to choose their local leaders.

However, the mayors of Haymarket, Occoquan and Quantico have already virtually been decided.

Only one mayoral candidate filed for each of the three towns. So, unless there are successful write-in candidates on Tuesday, Haymarket Mayor Pamela E. Stutz and Occoquan Mayor Earnest W. "Earnie" Porta will be re-elected to their current position. Quantico Vice Mayor Iris Ross Tharp is running unopposed for the office of Quantico mayor.

Three candidates, Steven S. Smith, Jonathan L. "Jon" Way and Mark Wolfe are running for three open seats on the Manassas City Council. So they too are likely winners.

Current Manassas mayor Harry "Hal" J. Parrish II is also running unopposed for re-election.

However, the seats on the Haymarket and Quantico town councils as well as the three open seats on the Dumfries Town Council are far from being determined.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Dumfries

Unlike the three other smaller towns in the county, Dumfries staggers the four-year terms of its six council members and its mayor.

The office of mayor is not up for a vote this year. However, the seats of incumbents Brenda L. Via, Stephanie M. Bradley and Rafael Lopez will be voted on in May.

Via and Bradley are running for re-election. Also running for one of the three open seats are: Dorothea D. Barr, Nancy H. West, Sean Robinson and Willie J. Toney.

There are about 2,200 registered voters in Dumfries. The town's population is about 5,000.

Haymarket

A total of 11 residents have filed for the six seats on the Haymarket Town Council.

They include incumbents Susan M. Shuryn, Oswald Vazquez and Robert B. "Bob" Weir. Also running are John C. Cole, Susan E. Edwards, Bryan A. Garcia, Christopher A. Johnson, Charles F. King Jr., David M. Leake, Sean Roberts and James E. "Jay" Tobias.

There are about 675 registered voters in Haymarket, which has a population of about 1,000.

Occoquan

Six Occoquan residents, including three incumbents, are running for the five seats on the Occoquan Town Coun-cil.

The incumbents are Ken T. Brunsvold, Barry G. Dean and James Walbert. Also running are Denise M. Bush, Joao Paul "JP" Cunha and Lance R. Houghton.

There are 580 registered voters in Occoquan out of a population of about 800.

Quantico

Interest in the Quantico Town Council also is high with nine town residents running for five seats.

While incumbent mayor Albert "Al" Gasser is not running for mayor, he is running for the council along with incumbents Mary Lou Angell DiMarzio, Russell V. "Rusty" Kuhns, Mitchel P. Raftelis and William J. Unrine. Also running are Kevin P. Brown, Florence "FoFo" Petkoson and Nyla Kay Si-dler.

There are 270 registered voters in the town of Quantico, which has a population of about 560.

Manassas School Board

Scott M. Albrecht, Sheryl L Bass, Arthur P Bushnell, Kermit Holmes Dance and Edward W. Pratt Jr. are running for three open seats on the seven-seat Manassas City School Board.

Staff writer Aileen Streng can be reached at 703-878-8010 or .