Barnini Chakraborty is the senior investigations reporter at the Washington Examiner. She has previously worked at Fox News as a senior features and politics reporter. She's also worked at Fox Business as a field producer and at Dow Jones. She began her career at the Augusta Chronicle in Georgia.
The 2023 elections may not have the fireworks of 2024, but there is still plenty up for grabs. In this"off-year," most of which takes place on Nov. 7, Virginia will be keenly watched, particularly by followers of Gov. Glenn Youngkin , and whether he can springboard Republican success into national aspirations. Meanwhile, the governor's mansion is up for grabs in Kentucky and Mississippi.
If elected in the general election, Dugan has said he'll push for greater reductions in cash bail, more mental health and drug programs, and will work with local law enforcement agencies to choose which crimes to prosecute and which to divert from the criminal justice system. He added that the"initial charging decision is crucial to the ultimate outcome of a case and thus has life-changing consequences for criminal defendants.
Standing in his way of this criminal justice overhaul is Zappala, who believes lower-level crimes must continue to be prosecuted so Allegheny County doesn't spiral. Despite his resistance to leave the party, he is now reliant on the GOP's ability to keep him in office and his political aspirations alive.
Zappala is also getting help from top Republican firms in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to run his campaign. Another in Pittsburgh, which used to work with former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, is helping create his television ads, and together, they are pushing the message that if Dugan wins, public safety will be at risk.
During their only face-to-face debate in mid-October, Zappala and Dugan clashed on everything from experience to the role of the county's top prosecutor in preliminary court hearings. Zappala's main complaint against Dugan is that he lacks the prosecutorial chops needed to do the job, while Dugan says that in the past 20 years or so, Zappala has done little, if anything, to stem violence or other illegal activity in the area and has rested on his laurels.
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