Northern Virginia will pass judgment on a trio of prosecutors in Democratic primaries Tuesday, part of a wave of big district attorney elections around the U.S.
Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve T. Descano outside the Public Safety Headquarters (staff photo by Jay Westcott) Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano is gearing up for what may be the most heated local election race in 2023. The first-term chief prosecutor, who defeated a longtime incumbent in 2019 on the strength of a progressive
Big-city mayor races and elections for prosecutor and sheriff especially in Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia will shape policing, punishment and jail conditions in 2023.