‘Mudslinging’ dominates state Senate primary in Northern Virginia

Call it the Rorschach Race: Everyone looks at the Democratic primary in Virginia's 31st Senate District and sees something different.

To one candidate, Arlington County Board member Barbara A. Favola, it's about "bread-and-butter issues" — transportation, education and the environment. To the other, lawyer Jaime Areizaga-Soto, it's about who will fight hardest for "Democratic values" against Republicans in Richmond.

And to longtime political observers in Northern Virginia, it's one of the most heated, unpleasant races in recent memory.

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Anthony Faiola 04 Aug, 2011

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