Charlottesville Commonwealthâs Atty. Platania announces reelection bid Charlottesville Commonwealthâs Attorney Joseph Platania announcing his bid for reelection. (Source: wvir) By Daniel Grimes | January 26, 2021 at 6:13 PM EST - Updated January 26 at 6:19 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville Commonwealthâs Attorney Joseph Platania is running for reelection.
Platania announced his bid in a nearly three minute long campaign video posted online Tuesday, January 26.
In it, the Democratic incumbent discusses what he says are his proudest accomplishments, including reducing first-time nonviolent felony charges to misdemeanors and starting a program helping people with mental illness whoâve committed a crime.
âWe started the areaâs first ever therapeutic docket understanding that treatment and services were vital to those charged with a crime that were suffering from mental illness,â Platania said.