Fox News reports that Shannon Taylor, the Democratic nominee for Virginia’s 1st Congressional District, previously promoted progressive approaches while serving as Henrico County’s Commonwealth’s Attorney. The article frames her support for reduced incarceration and greater workplace diversity as being at odds with public-safety concerns, though the excerpt does not provide evidence that Taylor’s own policies caused harm.

Taylor took office in 2012 and, shortly afterwards, dismissed seven prosecutors, according to the article. It says she endorsed ideas associated with progressive prosecutors, including less reliance on imprisonment, and links these positions to broader Democratic debates over criminal justice and policing in Virginia.