Republican Bob Anderson Defeats Democrat Buta Biberaj in Loudoun County Prosecutor Race

Biberaj, who pledged to reduce incarceration, loses by a narrow margin of 300 votes and opts not to request a recount.

Buta Biberaj, a Democrat and the top prosecutor in Loudoun County, lost her bid for a second term to Bob Anderson, a Republican who previously held the office from 1996 to 2003.
Anderson received 68,068 votes, exactly 300 more than the 67,768 votes Biberaj received.
Biberaj could have requested a recount under state law, but she decided against it to conserve taxpayer funds and expand the transition period.
Biberaj was part of a trio of Democratic prosecutors in Northern Virginia who swept into office in 2020 pledging to curb the use of cash bail, reduce incarceration rates and address more offenses through the mental health system rather than the courts.
Anderson, who did not face a primary opponent, had raised just under $77,000 and spent $70,000 for the general election, while Biberaj had raised and spent $1.1 million on the primary and general elections.