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Judge: Virginia registrar charged in failed elections case cannot sue Miyares
A former Northern Virginia elections registrar cannot sue state Attorney General Jason S. Miyares (R) and a top deputy over what she says were bogus charges related to her handling of 2020 presidential election results, according to a federal judge who found the prosecutors have legal immunity from such claims. The judge’s order allows former Prince William County registrar Michele White to continue suing two other defendants — a pair of investigators from Miyares’s office who White says fabricated evidence against her to build a felony case that cost the registrar her career but ultimately crumbled before it could go to trial.
Democrats running for lieutenant governor make final arguments before primary
With few major policy differences separating them — save for a sharp split over a proposed casino in Tysons Corner — the leading Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor are emphasizing their life stories and political résumés, hoping personal experience will help them earn votes in what is expected to be a low-turnout primary on Tuesday. Democratic contests to pick nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general are the only two statewide races on the ballot Tuesday.
Tuesday primary features five House contests in Richmond area
Richmond-area voters will pick Democratic nominees in five contests for the House of Delegates on Tuesday, in addition to Democratic nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general. Democrats now hold a 51-49 edge in the House. All 100 House seats are up for election in November. Three of the five Richmond-area contests will pick Democratic nominees in districts where the party is targeting Republican incumbents in November — Dels. David Owen, R-Goochland, Mark Earley, R-Chesterfield, and Carrie Coyner, R-Chesterfield.
Suing Trump is key issue in Va.’s Democratic AG primary
President Donald Trump’s massive cuts to the federal workforce have become the backdrop to the Democratic primary for attorney general in Virginia, with both candidates in the race criticizing Attorney General Jason S. Miyares (R) for not challenging the administration’s moves in a state that hosts much of the federal government’s infrastructure and nearly 200,000 of its employees. The two Democrats competing in Tuesday’s primary — Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones, a former state lawmaker from Norfolk who unsuccessfully sought the party’s nomination four years ago, and Shannon Taylor, the longtime elected prosecutor in the Richmond suburb of Henrico County — both say they would immediately shift course and join several ongoing lawsuits filed by a coalition of Democratic attorneys general across the country.