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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Half a million to buy an election.  And since the candidate is weak, they opted to run a disinformation campaign in order to win.  Disgusting[/quote]

One might say the current CA Stamos is weak as she has a one-sided view and has not been challenged. The current Stamos has only been a prosecutor and has been in this office since 1987, this is the first time she is facing a real challenge.  She has not had to look as how she runs the office and has little concern for best practices-competition can be good.  Additionally, some of her tactics are clearly not best practices-discovery process issues and ability to get bail.  The below article should be concerning to VA residents it shows problem with evidence and that she has a pattern of treating children harshly- the Arl school board agrees and they have endorsed Parisa. 
https://theappeal.org/virginia-teen-was-detained-and-prosecuted-for-saying-oink-oink-to-cop/
As for the amount of $ spent it is incredibly hard to unseat an incumbent but Arlington may be in need of a change.  We are talking about 2 D’s here in this case.
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The “do you feel safe?” question Theo poses has some added texture. When you ask that, voters start to imagine who might make them feel threatened. On average that’s going to be blacks and Latinos. Ergo, if you lock them up they can’t threaten you and you “feel safe”.

That’s where Parisa’s emphasis on the racial disparities may backfire. Jennifer Eberhardt’s book “Biased” discusses how experiments show people support heavy sentencing if they think it’s the blacks who get locked up. They don’t see whites as threatening, so if they find out whites are going to jail then they want sentencing alternatives and diversion programs. To the extent voters identify “children” as white, or at least not so black, then Theo’s harsh practices are more damaging to her electoral chances.

It probably comes down to Vihstadt and Garvey mobilizing their vote on Theo’s behalf. The Patrick Hope/Frank O’Leary crowd isn’t enough.

Theo wins a general election, and she probably regrets not having bitten the bullet and gone all the way independent. Some Libby Democrats will defect to Parisa, and with much of the Vihstadt base sitting out a Democrat primary, I think it’s going to be tough for Theo.[/quote]

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