Novem­ber to Remem­ber: Dis­trict attor­ney races focus on spike in crime and prison ver­sus reform

The 2023 elec­tions may not have the fire­works of 2024, but there is still plen­ty up for grabs. In this “off year,” most of which takes place on Nov. 7, Vir­ginia will be keen­ly watched, par­tic­u­lar­ly by fol­low­ers of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and whether he can spring­board Repub­li­can suc­cess into nation­al aspi­ra­tions. Mean­while, the gov­er­nor’s man­sion is up for grabs in Ken­tucky and Mis­sis­sip­pi. New Jer­sey’s Repub­li­cans believe they have a real shot at turn­ing the state r …