th House District.
If the Democrat were to achieve that feat, she would need to get past longtime Democratic Del. Alfonso Lopez.
According to her campaign site, Mehta has received numerous endorsements since thrusting herself into the campaign last fall. Among the endorsers include the Democratic Socialists of America, Sunrise Virginia, Our Revolution Arlington, Sunrise Movement DC, Metro DC DSA, Sunrise Loudoun, Progressive Democrats of America-Virginia and Blue America.
According to an ARLnow report, Mehta claims her campaign has raised five times more than previous 49th District challengers of Lopez. In the first quarter of 2021 the campaign raised about $51,000, for a total haul of $78,000, the report said.