Mathews County Commonwealth's Attorney
Mathews County, Virginia
My vote power: High
What does this office do?
- Deciding which crimes get charged and which are dropped
- Making plea deals and asking for sentences
- Working with police on criminal cases
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties,
Candidates:
Independent
Christopher Paul Reagan is a Virginia criminal defense and family lawyer, licensed since 1997. He worked as a public defender in Suffolk until 2002 and then opened his own law practice.
Independent
J. Grant Spears is a criminal lawyer who lives in Mathews and earned his law degree from Washington and Lee in 2019. He says he would focus on crimes that harm people or property and on protecting residents' privacy and property rights.
Sources: elections.virginia.gov · mathewscountyva.gov