Mark Herring
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"Mark Rankin Herring" is an United States/American Attorney at law/attorney and politician. He is the 47th and current Attorney General of Virginia, defeating Republican Party (United States)/Republican candidate Mark Obenshain in a close Virginia Attorney General election, 2013/election. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party. Previously, he had been a member of the Senate of Virginia since a 2006 special election. He represented the 33rd district, made up of parts of Fairfax County, Virginia/Fairfax and Loudoun County, Virginia/Loudoun counties.

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If this is the only opportunity that the candidates will have to debate one another, it needs to be in a setting that is open to the public. I don't understand why Mick has refused to accept the League of Woman's Voters debate.

I think voters have sent a strong message this past election that they want someone who will go down and work on issues that are priorities for the citizens in the district. Like traffic congestion and finding solutions to the traffic problems, as well as education and development. As state senator, those are the priorities that I will work on.

I feel really good about the momentum and the direction of the campaign.

My understanding is Mick Staton has refused to accept the League of Women Voters. He would not do it and I think, because he has been criticized so much, he's trying to find some other mechanism to make it look like there is a debate.