In Virginia, Boards of Supervisors govern counties and members are elected to four-year terms.  Among other duties, they oversee the county budget, set tax rates, and approve zoning regulations. Greene County’s Board of Supervisors has five members, four for each district and one member at-large. 

Matthew Hartung is running unopposed to represent Greene County’s Midway District. A former Staff Sergeant for the U.S. Marine Corps, he now works in the electric sector as a regulatory compliance manager. This is his first bid for Greene County’s Board of Supervisors. 

Though Hartung is the only candidate certified by the Virginia Department of Elections, voters can write-in other candidates. 

Charlottesville Tomorrow designed a questionnaire for Hartung based on more than 160 responses we received to a voter survey. He did not respond.

Here are the questions we sent to Hartung, and how to contact him

Here are candidates’ contact information as provided to the Virginia State Department of Elections, searchable by last name. You can use this contact information if you would like to reach out to Hartung yourself.

1. What is your position on development in Greene County? And how would you want the County to govern where and what is developed?
2. What do you think are the most promising policies and programs the county can pursue for economic development in Greene County?
3. Like many rural areas, Greene County faces challenges maintaining its infrastructure: roads, water and sewer, for example. Do you think the county’s infrastructure needs improvement? If so, how would you help meet the challenge?
4. What is your position on data centers in Greene County?
5. Like many rural districts, Greene County Schools has significant resource constraints. As a supervisor, how would you balance the funding needs of the local school system against other priorities?
6. Greene County has struggled, like many rural communities, to maintain robust emergency services, including staffing issues and longer than ideal response times. As supervisor, what ideas do you have to address some of these issues?
7. Like many areas in central Virginia, Greene County has and could face challenges from severe weather events, including heavy rainstorms and prolonged droughts that climate scientists predict will become more frequent in the future. What do you think the county’s Board of Supervisors should do to prepare?
8. Access to health care is a key challenge for some Greene County residents. Do you see this as an issue the Board of Supervisors can help address? If so, how?
9. What do you think about local law enforcement working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement?
10. Are there any other pressing issues facing Greene County you would like voters to know about?

More about the candidate and issues

• Hartung’s campaign information, from the Virginia Public Access Project
• A report about some of the problems with Greene County’s water supply (29News, Aug. 5, 2025)
• A report about a reservoir project that officials hope will help Greene’s water supply (29News, July 3, 2025)
• A report about the Greene County Board of Supervisors attempting to forbid county staff from talking with the press, and insisting all media requests go through Catalano (Daily Progress, May 27, 2025, paywall)
• A report about a boil water advisory and other problems with Greene’s water and sewer authority (Daily Progress, April 16, 2024, paywall)
• A report about how cuts to Medicaid and Medicare will affect Virginians (Virginia Public Media, July 3, 2025)
• A report on the costs and benefits of data centers (Virginia Mercury, May 28, 2024)
• A report on whether Virginia is ready to take over more disaster responsibilities from FEMA (WHRO, July 22, 2025)
• The state of bridges, roads, and other structures in Virginia, resourcefrom the Virginia Department of Transportation

Here are key dates and deadlines in the 2025 elections

Friday, May 2, 2025	Early voting for primaries begins weekdays at local registrar’s offices.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025	Deadline to register to vote or update an existing registration for the primary election. You can still vote in the primary if you miss this deadline by registering at the polling place and casting a provisional ballot. You do not have to be a member of a political party to vote in that party’s primary election. However, you can only vote in one party’s primary election each year.
Friday, June 6, 2025, 5:00 p.m.	Deadline to apply for your ballot to be mailed to you. Requests must be received by your local registrar’s offices by 5 p.m.
Friday, June 6, 2025, 5:00 p.m.	Deadline to apply online for an absentee ballot using the Citizen Portal.
Saturday, June 7, 2025	Local voter registration offices open on Saturdays for early voting for primaries.
Saturday, June 14, 2025, 5:00 p.m.	Early voting for primaries ends at local registrar’s offices.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025	Primary Election Day!
Friday, Sept. 19 to Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 5:00 p.m.	Check with your local registrar’s office for early in-person voting.
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, 5:00 p.m.	Deadline to apply with your local registrar’s office for a ballot to be mailed to you.
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025	Election Day!

We will update this list periodically as deadlines approach or we receive new information.

Register to vote, check your registration, find your polling places and apply to vote absentee at the Virginia Department of Elections here. Remember, even if you miss registration deadlines, you can register through Election Day and vote using a provisional ballot.

Need to know if you’re eligible to vote? Here are resources from the Virginia Department of Elections.