Marcus Simon

Scott announced he would not seek reelection in 2013, and immediately endorsed Simon as his successor. Simon won the seat in the 2013 elections.

Simon received his bachelor's degree in journalism from New York University. He worked as an aide for Jim Scott while Scott served in the Virginia House of Delegates. In 1995, he went to work for Katherine Hanley, who served as chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. He attended night school as he received his juris doctor from American University Washington College of Law in 1999. He served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army for the next three years. Not wanting to remain a prosecutor, Simon entered real estate law in 2003. When the subprime mortgage crisis occurred in 2008, Simon and colleagues formed a law firm.

Marcus Bertram Simon (born July 1, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician from Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Simon is the member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 53rd district, which includes Falls Church and parts of Fairfax County. There he sits on the Courts of Justice, General Laws, and Rules committees, and is Vice-Chair of the Privileges and Elections committee. He serves as Parliamentarian and Secretary for the House Democratic Caucus. He is one of two Delegates selected by the Speaker of the House to serve on the Virginia Code Commission. He is also a legislative member of the Virginia Housing Commission. As a lawyer, Simon was a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army and his own law firm.