Virginia: Progressive Prosecutor Buta Biberaj Loses Bid for Reelection – IOTW Report

Virginia: Progressive Prosecutor Buta Biberaj Loses Bid for Reelection

VM: Democrat Buta Biberaj has lost her bid for reelection as Loudoun County commonwealth’s attorney to Republican former prosecutor Bob Anderson by 300 votes, according to data from the Loudoun elections office. 

The final tally provided by the elections office has Anderson receiving 68,068 votes and Biberaj earning 67,768. 

Biberaj has not decided whether she will request a recount, according to her campaign. Neither candidate commented immediately following the results.

On Monday, with counting ongoing, Biberaj faced a deficit of about 1,000 votes, a lead she ultimately was able to shrink to just 300.  

Biberaj faced criticism from both parties during her first term as commonwealth’s attorney in Loudoun County, particularly for her decision to divert low-level misdemeanors and nonviolent charges to police for prosecution rather than involving the commonwealth’s attorney’s office. While she defended the move as necessary to allow the office to focus on violent crimes, critics accused her of allowing crimes to go unpunished. 
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