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Anderson to potentially run for Chesterfield Commonwealth Attorney? Find out what he said.
Sources tell Virginia Scope that Republican Del. Tim Anderson (R-Va Beach) is considering running for Chesterfield Commonwealth Attorney later this year. Anderson has been railing against the current Republican Commonwealth Attorney, Stacey Davenport after she chose not to press charges against a preacher from Virginia Beach who was arrested during a sex sting operation.
Virginia Scope will cover this drama in the future but for now, there is new commentary on Virginia Mercury that provides an overlook.
From Va Mercury: Perhaps Davenport failed to anticipate the fires of condemnation ignited by her decision to not prosecute an influential pastor who allegedly drove nearly two hours for a “QV” (flesh trade shorthand for “quick visit”) in a suburban Richmond motel room with a person who purported to be a 17-year-0ld girl named Maddie. How such a public relations miscalculation is possible for a Republican elected to her job in 2019 with 54% of the vote — and who seeks reelection this fall — is bewildering.
In November, Timothy Anderson, a lawyer and politically ambitious Republican who represents a Virginia Beach district in the House of Delegates, was among the first to raise hell. He used Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act to obtain police incident reports and posted the documents on his law firm’s Facebook page.
Virginia Scope reached out to Anderson Wednesday to inquire if he will be considering a move from Virginia Beach to Chesterfield for the Commonwealth Attorney election in November.
