ENDORSEMENTS
Former Governor Terry McAuliffe
“I proudly endorse Parisa Dehghani-Tafti for Commonwealth’s Attorney. Arlington and Falls Church City deserve a progressive, reform-minded Commonwealth’s Attorney who is committed to protecting all residents and improving outcomes for chronically underserved populations, which makes everyone safer.
Parisa understands that prosecutors must be even-handed, forward-looking, and open to new ideas and ways to make communities safe and promote justice for all. That’s why I am proud to endorse Parisa.”
Del. Marcus Simon
“I enthusiastically endorse Parisa Dehghani-Tafti for Commonwealth’s Attorney for Arlington and the City of Falls Church. Her many years of experience fighting to right wrongs in the criminal justice system make her the best person to identify flaws in the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office and take bold and thoughtful action to fix them. As Delegate for the City of Falls Church, I look forward to working with Parisa to build a fairer criminal justice system that represents our community’s values.”
Former Chairman, Arlington County Board
J. Walter Tejada
“I’m proud to endorse Parisa Dehghani-Tafti for Commonwealth’s Attorney. While serving on the Arlington County Board, I worked to make our local justice system fairer by establishing the Office of the Public Defender. Parisa holds the same values as our community and will work to make our criminal justice system more effective, and keep us safe as our top prosecutor.”
Former Federal Prosecutor/2017 Candidate for Lt. Gov. Gene Rossi
“For close to thirty years, I had a front row seat in our system of justice. I learned in those decades by training and working with thousands of prosecutors (federal and state) that we had incredible power and broad discretion. However, I also learned that although that daunting authority had to be used very aggressively at times to protect our communities and vulnerable victims, it had to be tempered by wisdom, fairness, and, equally important, compassion. Parisa has exceptional intelligence and experience in criminal justice matters to infuse the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office with a sense of mission and purpose that will be bold, visionary, and inspirational. I proudly endorse Parisa.”
ORGANIZATIONS
INDIVIDUALS
Carol Fontein
Charley Conrad
Kip Malinosky, Former Arlington Democrats Chair
Jacki Wilson
Juliet Hiznay
Mark Riley
Eric Lotke
Heather and Erich Keppler
Nicole Lewis
Jessica Mott
Keith Oberg
Cindy Cunningham
Lisa Sockett and Andy Joskow
Kathleen Murray
Zakiya Worthey
Whytni Kernodle, Esq.
David Fitzgerald
Meredith Sumpter
John Chandler
Kevin Smith
Mark Teel
Steven and Megan Hauber
Michael Angeloni
Wilma Jones
Christine Searle
Deborah Bernick
Carol Burnett
Sue Carruthers
Roxaneh Chamlou
Jean Christensen
Arianna Zoghi
Tim Dempsey
Louis Drummond
Rose Pinon Fabia
Ann Felker
Laila Zoghi
Catherine Giovannoni
Michelle Woolley
Christine Gregory
Angela Hall
Alice Margaret Hogan
Herschel Kanter
Detta Kissel
Susan Landfield
Jennifer Mazarr
Chuck Morley
Sue Mosher
Maeve and John O’Higgins-Harris
Carmela Ormando
Naomi Pena
Nick Penning
John and Carol Reeder
Mark Riley
John Ross
Bobby Rozen
Laura Saul Edwards
Kathy Jo Schwartz
Arlene Spinelli
Larry Spinelli
Elaine Squeri
Amy Stitzel
Ann Unitas
Naomi Verdugo
Eleanor Wilson