Prince William Times May 1st, 2019

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ITโ€™S A SWEEP: The Patriot baseball team beat Battlefield twice last week. Page 7

May 1, 2019 | Vol. 18, No. 17 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | 50ยข Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

Attorneys vie for top prosecutor nod Former GOP supervisor, prosecutor hope to replace Ebert By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

Two private attorneys are vying for the GOP nomination to replace longtime Prince William Commonwealthโ€™s Attorney Paul Ebert, a Democrat who is retiring at the end

of 2019 after holding the office for more than 50 years. Mike May, who held the Occoquan District seat on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors from 2007 to 2015, faces Tim Olmstead, a private attorney who worked as a clerk and then as a prosecutor in Ebertโ€™s of-

fice, in the May firehouse primary. May has said heโ€™s running on the same issues he touted when he ran for the post in 2015. โ€œWe have to keep our community safe and protect our neighborhoods. We need to modernize the office and make it more transparent and we must actively engage the community to enhance public safety and crime prevention,โ€ May said in a statement.

In 2015, May garnered 47 percent of the vote to Ebertโ€™s 52.7 percent. Since 2016, May has served as a managing partner of his Northern Virginia law firm, May Law, LLP, formerly known as Albo & Oblon, LLP. May has been a trial lawyer for about 15 years. He received his bachelorโ€™s degree from the College of William and Mary and his law degree from George Mason University. Olmstead is a native of Fauquier See PROSECUTOR, page 4

Local Republicans head to the polls May 4 In chairmanโ€™s race, Nohe touts record, Gray warns of โ€˜radicalizedโ€™ Dems By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

Roadside signs aim to raise awareness of Saturday primary: Prince William roadways are dotted with campaign signs ahead of the upcoming Republican โ€œfirehouse primaryโ€ set for Saturday, May 4. Thatโ€™s when the local GOP committee will hold a private nominating contest to pick their candidates for commonwealthโ€™s attorney, at-large chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors and for races in the Coles, Gainesville and Potomac magisterial districts. INSIDE Calendar...............................................9 Classified............................................12 Lifestyle................................................9 Obituaries...........................................11

The race for the Republican nomination for chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors has veered to the right in recent days, with peren- MARTY NOHE nial candidate John S. Gray releasing a video warning of โ€œradicalized Democratsโ€ taking over the county board. Gray, a Lake Ridge accountant, is opposing longtime Supervisor Marty Nohe, R-Coles, for the GOP nod to replace current at-large Chairman Corey JOHN GRAY Stewart (R), who has held the seat since 2006. Stewart announced he See PRIMARY, page 2

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