With just weeks to go, the presence of former attorney general candidate Kenyan R. McDuffie — and his supporters — has loomed over the contest.
and overlapped with him at Venable before he became the District’s first elected attorney general — and have referenced community-oriented approaches to advancing Racine’s initiatives around consumer protection, tenant rights and addressing what they both describe as the “root causes” of crime.Spiva has repeatedly called the attorney general’s office the city’s “largest public interest law firm,” citing his background as a civil rights attorney and his time spent advocating D.C. statehood.
Schwalb, meanwhile, has touted his work recruiting, training and mentoring a large team of lawyers at Venable and often mentions his breadth of experience, which ranges from prosecuting civil tax matters as a trial attorney for the Justice Department to handling pro bono cases involving police misconduct. In addition to Racine, he’s been endorsed by The Washington Post’s editorial board , several labor unions and Irvin B. Nathan, the District’s last appointed attorney general.
Whether the candidates are using the city’s public financing, which prohibits large donations and matches contributions from D.C. residents, has also emerged as a rare point of contention. Schwalb and Jones opted in to the program; Spiva did not. At last month’s debate, Spiva defended his choice, explaining that it allowed him to loan his campaign money and noting that he pledged not to take contributions from developers.But Schwalb said that wasn’t good enough.
Spiva’s decision to reject public financing left a negative impression on Lorenzo Sanchez, a self-described progressive voter from Petworth who said he also closely examined each candidate’s stances on transportation and traffic safety. Sanchez liked that Schwalb has talked about aggressively enforcing traffic laws in a way that Spiva has not emphasized.
Those supporting Jones, meanwhile, say they’ve appreciated his focus on residents in underserved communities and those who have had negative experiences with the city’s judicial system. Jacque Patterson, the at-large representative on the D.C. State Board of Education, is supporting Jones in part because of his local connections — he earned his master of laws degree from George Washington University Law School before starting his own firm in the District.
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